Aquaman Special #1 [Direct]
([June] 1988)

DC, 1988 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1988-03-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara Randall) (editor); Dick Giordano (credited) (executive editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Shipping date of February 9, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of March 8, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Spirit & Flesh (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Freeman
Inks
George Freeman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Magus

The Missing Peace (Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Cohn (credited); Dan Mishkin (credited)
Pencils
George Freeman (credited)
Inks
Mark Pacella (credited)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
Ron Muns (credited)

Job Number
G-3211
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The planets float like islands on an endless sea of stars.
Feature Logo
Aquaman [q squash]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; King Vulko; Ocean Master [Orm Marius] (flashback); Nuada Silverhand (flashback); Yuri Popov (introduction, Russian research scientist); Magus [Professor Vladimir Magus] (villain, introduction); Aquababy [Arthur Curry Jr.] (illusion); Aquagirl [Tula] (illusion); Aqualad [Garth] (illusion); Justice League [Batman; Green Arrow; Martian Manhunter; Superman; Wonder Woman] (illusion); unnamed Atlanteans; unnamed members of Coast Guard; Sreng (flashback)
Synopsis
Aquaman deals with his battle with his brother, tries to reclaim the throne of Atlantis from Vulko, and fights Magus, a Russian scientist who unleashed Atlantean mystical forces.
Keywords
Antarctica; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantis; Coast Guard; The Compass Rose; Thierna Na Oge; Zodiac Crystals

Indexer Notes

Writing special thanks to Fred Little.

Aquaman (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spirit & Flesh
    Aquaman
  2. 1. The Missing Peace
    Aquaman
  3. 2. Aquaman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    DC Publishorial
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore