Comic Title: Aquaman Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2003
On Sale Date: January 22, 2003 Direct Market Date January 22, 2003
Source: Previews, Vol. 12 #11 (#167), Page 80

Direct Market Date January 22, 2003
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Direct Market Date January 15, 2003
Source: Previews, Vol. 12 #11 (#167), Page 86

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Adventures of Aquaboy"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: Robert Bernstein
Artist: Ramona Fradon

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #268 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Justice League of America #9; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #28)

Other Character(s)

• Captain Harte (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #260; next appearance in Aquaman #29)

Comments:
The flashback sequences of this story take place when Aquaman was a boy.

Synopsis:
Aquaman rescues a drowning blind man. The man has lived on a deserted island for years and does not believe in Aquaman’s powers. Aquaman recalls other men being sceptical about his existance when he was just a boy.

Years previous, Aquaboy rescues the man, Captain Harte, from a sinking freighter. Harte believed that the boy was a liar, and that he was saved by accident. Aquaboy had more difficulty in proving his existance, when he saved a town from a broken dike and also when assisting some treasure hunters.

A sea quake causes Harte to fall back into the ocean. Aquaman summons a whale to help him. Harte is convinced of Aquaman’s abilities because he can feel inside the whale’s mouth. He reveals the location of a missing chest of pearls which can be used to pay for an eye operation. Aquaman finds the missing pearls and gives them to Harte.