Tom versus Aquaman Adventure Comics number 265 or the Ascot is a sign of weakness.

Welcome back for Aquaman and Adventure Comics number 265, the October 1959 issue featuring a cover pencil by Kurt Swan, inked by Stan K with issue being edited by Mort Wisinger.

Our Aquaman story is The Secret of the Super Safe.

Written by Robert Bernstein with art by Ramona Frayden.

We begin Aquaman on patrol.

Out in the middle of the ocean, he spots a number of floating bottles.

They contain SOSs, pleads, shopping lists, pen pals from one island to another, just the standard flotsam

and jetsam of empty bottles out in the ocean. A couple of them, though, they have a specific

message, a message from a Mr. Roxroyd who lives on a lonely island. Not the lonely island.

He didn't name the place the lonely island. It's just a lonely island that Mr.

Roxroyd lives on, and he's begging for Aquaman's help. Enough that he just, he was tossing bottles

left right all over the ocean, some sharks brought him over to him. So Aquaman's going to go check

out this lonely island. As he gets over there, him in Topo, he sees an amazing sight. A giant safe, like a huge safe on a ledge overlooking the ocean. Gigantic. Why would someone build a safe as large as a house? Aquaman asks, he obviously does not know Superman that well. The Superman would totally build a safe the size of a house and live inside of it for some

reason. So when it gets to the island meets Mr. Roxroyd who immediately strikes me and something's up.

Guy is living on a lonely island. Giant safe, strange. Ascot, stranger, salt and pepper hair.

Ascot, weird suit. It just strikes me that something very unusual is going on. Aquaman, of course, asks him about the giant safe. Listen,

you own a giant safe, and you put it out on a ledge. That's what you want people to ask you about.

That's a conversation starter. Of course, Mr. Roxoride wants Aquaman to ask him about it.

He tells Aquaman that, yes, he built it.

But his major problem now is he needs to get that safe 20 miles out into the ocean to a very specific spot to let it sink to the bottom.

Aquaman asks what's inside, To which Roxright says it's none

of Aquaman's business what's inside the safe. Does Donald pry into his issues? But he will give

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