Tom versus Aquaman and Detective Comics number 297 or Aquaman learns all about yes-ending.

Welcome back for Aquaman and Detective Comics number 297 the November 1961 issue featuring a cover by Sholden Moldoff with the issue being edited by Jack Schiff.

Our Aquaman story is Aquilad, Stand In for a Star.

Written by Jack Miller featuring art by Nick Hardy.

We begin on the high seas, a strange introduction taking place,

as Aquaman introduces Aquilad to famous child actor, Barry Blaine.

The Aqualad's there to help Barry with the filming of his new movie,

The Adventures of Sea Boy.

Now, I wonder who gets the option money for that. Who's making the money off of this?

There's some very suspicious business dealings going on here involving Aquaman.

Well, first, Aqualad is shocked. I don't know why. He should probably know what he's doing there, unless Aquaman tricked him into it. Aquilad doesn't know how to act. He's a terrible actor. I shouldn't say he doesn't know how to. He's just terrible. He's tried multiple times from what I can gather, and he can't do it. It's awful. To which the director laughs and says that Barry is going to do all of the acting.

Aqualash is going to do the stunts, and then Blaine will take over.

And we see Blaine getting his hair done in the background, and Aquaman whispers to Aquilad

that the producer is donating 5% of the receipts to the retired Siemens Fund,

which I think is just Aquaman's bank account at this point.

This is a lot of weird stuff going on.

I'm sure Aquaman's taking an agent's cut of the situation that's going on here.

So anyway, he pressures Aqualad and agreeing to stand in for Barry Blaine.

Later that same day, they're getting ready to film

Barry's complaining that the makeup has an unpleasant odor. Oh, this makeup has an

unpleasant odor. Which, it makes Aquilad laugh. Is there making such a, as he says,

a fuss over a glamour boy. My father called me a glamour boy once when I was reading babysitter club books

...