Tom versus Aquaman Adventure Comics number 251 or I don't want to live in a capeless future.

Welcome back for Aquaman and Adventure Comics number 251, the August

1958 issue, feature cover pencil by Kurtzwan, inked by Stan Kaye, with issue being edited

by Mort Wisinger.

And our Aquaman story is A World Without Water,

written by Joe Millard, featuring art by Ramona Frayden.

We begin with Aquaman entering a secret summons from Admiral Brunt of the U.S. Navy.

He arrives at the ship to find out that Brunt needs Aquaman's up.

You see, the U.S. Navy is testing yet another nuclear missile

that they're just going to blow up in the ocean. It's the next step in their evolving set of tests about blowing up missiles. They, you know, they tried launching one into space to blow it up. They're always shooting missiles to blow up, and this time they're just going to blow it up in the ocean. Now does Aquaman get angry at them for her threatening sea life?

No, this is the U.S. Navy.

He's a good patriot. up in the ocean. Now does Aquaman get angry at them for threatening sea life? No, this is the U.S.

Navy. He's a good patriot. He's going to go, he's going to help them because what they need is for

Aquaman to clear out all the life out of the area that they're going to detonate the bomb.

And once Aquaman sends back the signal that all the animals are clear, then they'll fire the missile.

They'll test it to make sure the missile can explode.

Moments later, Aquaman deep under the sea, directing all the fish to make a break for it from the dangerous spot.

But he gets pissed at the turtles because they're moving too slow, so he has them all bite onto each other tails and ride on the back of a swordfish.

Of course.

Little does Aquaman know that on the surface a deadly water spout, again, has kicked up,

swordfish and water spout, has kicked up out on the surface, buffeting the ship with tremendous winds

threatening to launch the bomb.

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