Comic Title: Adventure Comics #181
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1952
Approx. On Sale Date: August 29, 1952 Copyright Date August 27, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date August 22, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #6

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Evil King of the Sea"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Aquaman (of Earth-2)

Artist: Ramona Fradon

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #180; next appearance in Adventure Comics #182)

Villain(s)

• Jim Hall (an Aquaman imposter; no further appearances)
• Mike and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A tribe of native islanders (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Criminals recruit a champion swimmer, Jim Hall, to become an Aquaman imposter. Hall then uses a variety of tricks to fool some islanders into believing that he is Aquaman. When the real Sea King arrives on the scene, the natives are confused. They ask the two men to perform feats only Aquaman could do. Using more tricks Hall succeeds, and Aquaman fails. The islanders kick Aquaman off the island, but he soon returns to exposes the imposter and his partners.