Aquaman #5
(September-October 1962)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-07-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
George Kashdan (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #7 and copyright registration.

The Haunted Sea! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]
Reprints

Bike Bonanza of Big Buys (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Bicycle Accessories / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Home Voice Recorder / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Haunted Sea, Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Merder [as Baron Debois] (villain)
Synopsis
Aquaman and Aqualad accidentally free an evil sorcerer from the drop of water he and his henchmen were imprisoned in.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety! (Table of Contents: 6)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfert
Synopsis
Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.

[The Haunted Sea]Chapter 2: The Deadly Trap in Coral Mountain (Table of Contents: 7)

Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Merder [as Baron Debois] (villain); Volo [as Freedloy]; Baron Debois (flashback)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Pioneers Under the Sea (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Haunted Sea] Chapter 3: A Sorcerer Rules the Waves (Table of Contents: 12)

Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Merder [as Baron Debois] (villain); Volo [as Freedloy]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Giant Lois Lane Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Frontier Cabin (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Haunted Sea!
    Aquaman
  2. 1. Bike Bonanza of Big Buys
    Honor House Bicycle Accessories
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Home Voice Recorder
  4. 3. The Haunted Sea, Chapter 1
    Aquaman and Aqualad
  5. 4. Tootsie Roll Makes History!
    Tootsie Roll
  6. 5. Task Force
    Task Force
  7. 6. Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
    Buzzy
  8. 7. [The Haunted Sea]Chapter 2: The Deadly Trap in Coral Mountain
    Aquaman and Aqualad
  9. 8. ["I'm a fudge judge..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. 10. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  12. 11. Pioneers Under the Sea
  13. 12. The Haunted Sea] Chapter 3: A Sorcerer Rules the Waves
    Aquaman and Aqualad
  14. 13. ["Do you have x-ray eyes?"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. ["Batman and Robin's most fantastic foes!"]
    Giant Batman Annual
  16. 15. ["See the many exciting roles of Lois Lane..."]
    Giant Lois Lane Annual
  17. 16. ["Learn to play guitar the Chet Atkins way!"]
    Chet Atkins Method
  18. 17. Frontier Cabin
    Frontier Cabin
  19. 18. ["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  20. 19. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  21. 20. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore