Tom versus Aquaman in Aquaman number 23 or never, ever, trust the pilot whale.

Welcome back for Aquaman in Aquaman number 23, the September, October, 1965, issue featured

a cover by Nick Cardi with issue being edited by George Cashton.

And our Aquaman story is The Birth of Aquababy.

How terribly exciting.

Didn't even know Mara was pregnant.

Neither did she.

We'll get to that in a second.

The Birth of Aquababy features art by Nick Cardi.

We begin.

Just outside the city of Atlantis and there is a mighty struggle going on.

You see, there's a giant rogue crab, an anger crap that's wandering outside Atlantis, who apparently was crushing people, hurting livestock. It was out of control. Now, Alkman's leading the Atlanteans and staking down this crab. I mean, they got nets over it, they got ropes around the claws. They're going to stake it down. They're going to take care of it. Aqualads helping. I mean, they don't know why this

this big bruiser is going around crushing everything. Maybe it's got a stomach egg. Who knows?

It could just be a crazy crab. It could be an evil crab. I don't know if crabs have morality.

Perhaps he's throwing his hat into the

ring, his crab hat, into the ring as being a foe of Aquaman. Well, it's a danger, so they're

going to take care. They're going to kill it and eat it. Let's, let's be honest. Well,

this is all going on in Messenger, rise from Atlantis, to tell Aquaman that Mara has taken ill and she's

calling for him. And Aquaman rushes back, even though there's a dangerous crab being staked down here.

An Aqual that's trying to get him to focus on that. Aquaman has to get back to Mara if she is sick.

He arrives. He's freaking out. The doctor's there. He's asking if Mara's all right.

And the doctor actually has good slash bad news. She's not, she's ill, kind of. Actually, she's,

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