Comic Title: Aquaman #49
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1970
On Sale Date: November 4, 1969 Copyright Date November 4, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date November 4, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #75

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: "As the Seas Die"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Aquaman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Jim Aparo

Reprinted In:
Adventure Comics #501 (1983)
Aquaman:Deadly Waters the Deluxe Edition HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Justice League of America #122; next appearance in Teen Titans #25)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aqualad (last appearance in Aquaman #48; next appearance in Aquaman #50)
• Mera (last appearance in Aquaman #48; next appearance in Aquaman #50)
• Vulko (last appearance in Aquaman #48; next appearance in Aquaman #52)

Villain(s)

• Ocean Master (last appearance in Aquaman #50; next appearance in Aquaman #50)
• Miles Leland (a factory owner; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Phil Darson (dies in this story; last appearance in Aquaman #43; no further appearances)
• Professor Dan Davidson (an oceanographer; no further appearances)
• Coburn (Leland's assistant; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place approximately two weeks after Aquaman #43.

Synopsis:
Aquaman is summoned to Alaska by oceanographer Dan Davidson after he discovers a chemical is killing the fish and driving them mad. He suspects the local factories owned by Miles Leland are responsible, but Leland is preventing an investigation. A saboteur has also begun striking at the factories and setting off explosives.

Leland sets a trap for the saboteur. Aquaman prevents them from shooting each other, but he is left for dead in a fire. The saboteur and Leland continue their fight outside. By the time Aquaman recovers both men die when they fall from a cliff. As he is dying, the saboteur reveals himself as Phil Darson, an acquaintance of the Sea King. He wanted to stop the factories from polluting the waters.

Meanwhile in Atlantis, the Ocean Master arrives under a signal of truce requesting Aquaman's help.