So on Aquaman and Detective Comics number 296, or sometimes the crooks make it just a little bit too complicated.

Welcome back for Aquaman and Detective Comics number 296, the October 1961 issue, feature your cover, penciled by Dick Dillon, inked by Sheldon Moldoff, with the issue being edited by Jack Schiff and our Aquaman Story of Demon Island featuring art by Nick Carty.

We begin with Aquaman and his junior sidekick Aquilad.

The senior sidekick is, of course, Topo.

We don't know where he is.

Aquaman and Aquilad, uncharted waters.

They come across a horrifying scene.

A fisherman caught in his net in a boat that is caught in a

whirlpool that is pulling everything under. This double jeopardy for this guy, lots of situations

going on. The whirlpool too strong for Aquaman to swim through to get to him. She's got to call

upon a flock of seagulls, not the band, not the 80s band, but a nearby actual flock of living seagulls, animals, to pull

the netting out of the boat. Boats lost. Guy's livelihood is destroyed, but Aquaman saves his life.

A nearby island, Aquaman's pulling the guy loose from the netting, where some other nearby

natives tells him it's no use. Almost going to die die he didn't pay the sea demon his tribute and

he's going to die one way or another aquaman is of course shocked to hear about a sea demon and the

natives going to explain more detail that the sea demon just arrived arrived the other day just

as the legends predicted it's here to cast its wrath upon the people but they figured out the

best way to appease the demon to keep his wrath from getting out of control is to leave tribute just by paying tribute. And that's fine. And that's what Omo didn't do. And that's why he got caught in his netting in a whirlpool. And we see a bunch of the natives leaving their valuables on a big rock that's just wading distance out into the ocean. Aquaman. it's a rational man. He does not believe in such things as sea demons. In fact, he's going to stick around, he's going to try and get a look at this sea demon. One of the fishermen tells Aquaman not to bother. The sea demon's very powerful. They shouldn't risk their lives getting involved in this. Well, Aquaman just completely ignores the fishermen, and when they're just kind of sitting out there on their porpoises and dolphins waiting to see what's going on, guess what? A sea demon does show up. This demon-looking creature riding a giant sea horse is coming right up to the rock. Aquilad is freaked out. Aquaman's in control, though, demands that Aqualad mount his porpoise, which he does,

and they ride off to try and stop the demon is to get closer. The demon screams at them to stop,

and that in defying him, they must now pay the ultimate penalty. I don't think he's told them to do

anything quite yet. They saved Omo. Maybe that's what he's talking about. Aquaman Aqualette are going to listen to this. They punch people for a living. The porpoise and dolphin, Aquaman, Aquilad steaming towards the sea demon. The demon puts his Trident into the water, and a force knocks by the Aquaman and Aquilat off their steeds into the water, and the demons charging at them. and now Aquaman and Aqualad are so weakened from the force that knocked him backwards that they're not strong enough to swim.

Aquaman has to call for his senior sidekick Topo, and Topo's associates in ass, the Aquaman Salvation Squad, to come to his rescue.

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