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Welcome back for Aquaman and Adventure Comics number 200 and 61, the June 159 issue,

feature cover penciled by Kurtzwan, inked by Stan Kay, with the issue being added by Mortwisinger.

And our Aquaman story is, Alchoman Dules, the Animal Master, featuring art by Ramona Frayne.

We begin, under the big top, at the circus, a crowd going wild, children crying with joy,

parents excited that their kids are excited and why?

Because they're watching a wild animal show, beautifully choreographed, beautifully controlled by the man in the center of the ring.

Gustav, world famous animal trainer, the world's greatest animal trainer, and he's being

a shower with applause and love, but this is not enough for Gustav does no.

A man named Gustav who works for the circus desire is only one thing.

Money. He needs money. He wants

money, and he's planning to get money. And he has a plan. He says so. Someday he'll have

enough money to burn. And I assume, being a circus performer, he literally means burning it.

Finally, several weeks later, he gets his chance. The day finally comes when he can hatch his plan.

We see Gustav opening the animal cages.

Tigers running out, charging out.

The clowns, the strongmen, freaking out.

Why is he letting the wild animals loose?

And in Gustav's thoughts, we see why it's a charity performance that night,

and he is going to steal the charity money.

We see the armed guards who are collecting the charity money surrounded by lions and tigers.

They don't go for their weapons, though.

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