Aquaman

Aquaman

DC Comics Presents No.48 Art by Gil Kane

The half-breed son of a lighthouse keeper and a princess of Atlantis, who came to rule the world beneath the waves. (DCCP No.48, Aug 1982 "Eight Arms of Conquest!")

A costumed super-hero, gifted with the power to make sea creatures obey his commends, who is a product of a union between a lighthouse keeper and a young woman of Atlantis. (TGSB) Aquaman is a member of the Justice League of America. Aquman's sidekick is Aqualad.

In July 1960, after Clark Kent has been swallowed by a whale while on an expedition to photograph marine life for the Daily Planet, Aquaman rescues Kent from his predicament so that Kent will not be forced, by rescuing himself, to betray the fact that he is secretly Superman. (S No.138,July 1960 "The Mermaid From Atlantis!")