Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #228
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1975
On Sale Date: December 17, 1974 Newsstand Date December 17, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #113

Copyright Date December 17, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Menace of the Land-Sea Beasts"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Nicholas Peter Cardy

Reprinted From:
Aquaman #12 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Justice League of America #23; next appearance in Aquaman #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aqualad (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #137; next appearance in Aquaman #12)

Villain(s)

• Kirk (a lab assistant; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Cyrus Beard (an evolutionary scientist; no further appearances)
• The crews of two cargo ships (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Using a device which changes animals on an evolutionary scale, Kirk, the lab assistant of Dr. Cyrus Beard, stages several raids on cargo vessels. Aquaman is unable to prevent the ships from sinking, but he does locate Kirk in a diving bell. The Sea King then gets the creatures to attack the bell, forcing Kirk to retreat. Aquaman is able to retrieve the device and change the animals back to normal.