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Tom vs. Comics

Tom vs. Aquaman_World's Finest Comics #139 - The Doom Hunters

Tom vs. Comics

Thomas Katers

Arts, Visual Arts, Books

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2011

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Doom Hunters

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0:00.0

Tom versus Aquaman and World's Finest Comics number 139, or would you like to join my Daredevil Club?

0:08.7

Welcome back for Aquaman in World's Finest Comics number 139, the February 1964 issue feature cover pencil by Jim Mooney, inked by Sheldon Muldoff,

0:18.8

which is being edited by Jack Sch Schiff and our Aquaman story is

0:22.0

The Doom Hunters, which is a great name

0:24.8

for a story. Also, great cover.

0:27.4

A Batman ghost.

0:28.8

It's pretty sweet. Our story, The Doom Hunters,

0:31.1

is written by Jack Miller,

0:32.1

featuring art by Ramona Freighton.

0:34.5

We begin on a yacht.

0:36.9

I think that's a liberal use of the term. It's more of a,

0:40.3

it's a well-appointed boat. It is called the daredevil, and it is captained by what looks

0:46.7

like some type of party dude. He looks like he, he's got aviator sunglasses, like a captain's hat

0:53.9

and a suit, but it kind of looks like he bought it specifically to have a party on this boat.

0:58.5

This guy, who goes by the name of Welke, is making a strange request of Aquaman.

1:04.0

It seems that Welke is in charge of a daredevil's club, which is a club where men do dangerous things as part of some sort of treasure

1:12.2

hunting game, you know, where they're trying to find markers, and it's always in dangerous

1:16.8

places, and he wants Aquaman to help him out by planting the markers in the most dangerous

1:22.1

sea areas. Aquaman, he is too busy to just help this dude out with his dangerous hide-and-seek or capture the flag or whatever bullshit kids game.

1:32.4

These grown men of money are playing.

1:35.6

He doesn't have time for that.

1:37.1

He has to endlessly patrol the seas in case of rogue waves or modern pirates.

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