Tom versus Aquaman in World's Finest Comics number 127 or...

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Welcome back for Aquaman Inn at World's Finest Comics number 127, the August

1962 to beechie a cover, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Sheldonaldon, with this

being edited by Jack Schiff, and our Aquaman story is Aquaman's Finney Commandos, written by Jack Miller with art by Ramona Frayden. That's right. We get some more Ramona Frayden art at least a couple more times in world's finest comics. We begin far away from all the heavily traveled sea lanes, Aquaman, Aqualad, practicing, working on something.

You don't, you think they just show up ready to do this stuff with all these moves with the

fish? Now, they got, they got to get down and they got to get these fish ready. In fact,

Aqualad is telling Aquaman that the new batch of fish already. Now, this isn't just new fish

like Aquaman invented fish. These are fish he hasn't used in the

past. Let's face, he relies heavily on whales and eels. Those swordfish, those are his favorites.

And he realizes he needs to expand his horizons because there's a brand new modern pirate out on the seas by the name of Captain Raider, spelled R-A-D-E-R still.

You would expect that sort of career decision with a last name like that.

And he's been hijacking like crazy.

Aquaman knows he needs some new tricks, so he's got some fish.

They invested in a speedboat and dummies, life-size human dummies to

pretend to be the pirates. It's not a great practice plan, but it's the best he's got. It's got

the fish ready and now they're ready to practice the first new maneuver. The first training session

is with the torpedo rayfish. I think you might have used those before Zahman

orders the torpedo rayfish to charge the speedboat, jump in the air, knock the dummies out of

their seats into the water. Now, if these were real pirates, they would have guns, they would

fight back, they'd scream, the tornado rays might, uh, torpedo rays might get spooked, but for this practice run, it works perfectly.

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