Comic Title: Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: February 11, 2009 Direct Market Date February 11, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Direct Market Date February 11, 2009
Source: Previews, #242

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 448
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "What Seeks the Awesome Threesome?"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Nicholas Peter Cardy

Reprinted From:
Aquaman #36 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Flash #175)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aqualad (last appearance in Teen Titans #11; next appearance in Teen Titans #12)
• Mera (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Aquaman #37)
• Aquagirl (last appearance in Aquaman #33; next appearance in Aquaman #40)
• Aquababy (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Aquaman #37)
• Topo (last appearance in Aquaman #32; next appearance in Adventure Comics #443)
• Tusky (next appearance in Aquaman #37)

Villain(s)

• The Awesome Threesome (Torpedo Man, Magneto, and the Claw; no further appearances)
• An alien convict (no further appearances)

Comments:
Aquaman mentions that this is not his first encounter with the Awesome Threesome, but this story is their first and only appearance. The story of their earlier encounter has never been told.

Synopsis:
Aquaman and his family build a replica of Atlantis as an exhibit for surface dwellers to visit. The pavilion is attacked and demolished by three robotic creatures known as the Awesome Threesome. After wrecking the exhibit the terrible trio known as the Torpedo Man, Magneto, and the Claw destroy a gyro-moleculizer which is being displayed in another exhibit.

Aquaman and Aqualad battle the robots to a standstill, but they are unable to beat them. Then a creature emerges from the ground beneath the destroyed pavilion. The alien makes his way to the real Atlantis followed by Aquaman. The Awesome Threesome delay the Sea King, allowing the alien to be picked up by a flying saucer.

The Torpedo Man then explains that the alien was a convict exiled on Earth. His sentence was over, but the gyro-moleculizer would have prevented him from awakening on time for his retrieval. Had the alien missed the flying saucer, he would have been trapped on Earth for thousands of years. With the threat gone, Aquaman is relieved that he never had to combat the alien directly.