Comic Title: Aquaman #39
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1968
On Sale Date: March 7, 1968 Newsstand Date March 7, 1968
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #201, Page 22

Copyright Date March 7, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: "How to Kill a Sea King"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Nicholas Peter Cardy

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 3 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Justice League of America #61; next appearance in Action Comics #366)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aqualad (last appearance in Teen Titans #14; next appearance in Teen Titans #15)
• Mera (last appearance in Aquaman #38; next appearance in Justice League of America #65)

Villain(s)

• Aliena and Ka'arl (Venusian space raiders; both die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A Venusian security patrol (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A group of Venusian space raiders plan to invade Earth. However, the Venusian authorities forsee the attack and plant a block of Uritrium in the ocean. The Uritrium is deadly to Venusian and will thwart the invasion, so Ka'arl, the invasion leader, dispatches Aliena his assistant to Earth.

Aliena earns the trust of Aquaman by saving his life from a situation she created. She then convinces him to bury the Uritrium deep under the sea floor. With the deadly element gone, the raiders begin their attack. Aquaman tries to stop the invaders, but he is nearly killed. Aliena, who has learned to respect the Sea King, comes to his aid. She saves his life at the cost of her own and thwarts the invasion in the process.