Tom versus Aquaman and Aquaman number two, or I really, really thought the shirt was coming off.

Welcome back for Aquaman in Aquaman number two, the March April, 1962 issue,

featuring a cover by Nick Cardi with the issue being edited by Jack Schiff,

and our Aquaman story is Captain Sykes Deadly Missions.

Featuring our by Nick Cardi.

We begin.

Aquaman, Aquilad.

On the back of a couple dolphins looking very tired, very weary, they've been out searching,

searching for a lost cargo ship by the name of the SS Vulcan.

It hasn't sunk because they've looked all around the floor of the ocean.

They got fish outlooking. So it's not at the bottom. And it couldn't have just vanished because

that wouldn't happen in this sort of crazy universe. It's got to be somewhere. And they're very

tired. They have to find it. Well, they come across a strange looking kind of old-timey, kind of not ship that's nearby,

and they think, well, we'll ask this boat if they've seen the Vulcans. They've pulled their

dolphins up to it. Aqual, I know this is very strange ship. It's got cannons. The guy in charge

looks very strange. Aquaman asked if he can board to talk to the captain.

They say yes, he can afford the captain introduce himself as Captain Sykes of the SS Seahawk.

And he's got the sort of like really bushy sideburn, like upper beard things that go into a mustache all the way across.

But the chin is clear.

His picture is going up on Tom versus dcuh.Posters.com. And he's got all kinds of medals. Obviously, medals he made for himself. And he's got sort of a fancy looking uniform. And he uses the term hearties. Like, oh, me hearties. I've done this, me hearties. Pass me, the salt mehardies. He's always giving

him something. It's just the feeling I get from him. Aquaman asks him if you've seen the Vulcan,

to which Captain Sykes says, yes. In fact, he knows exactly where the Vulcan is, because he

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