Aquaman #14

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Synopsis

This issue features two separate stories.Aquaman's Secret Powers!Out on patrol, Aquaman & Aqualad encounter an old man, lashed to a raft, adrift on the high seas. The Aquatic Aces rush the man to a nearby island, but he is too far gone. Exposure and starvation have taken their toll. The old man is, nonetheless, grateful to Aquaman. Dousing Aquaman with the powder from a medicine pouch, the old man whispers, with his dying breath, that he has given Aquaman four amazing new abilities. Once in use, each power will last for six hours. At which point, Aquaman will return to normal, able to activate the next fantastic new ability. On patrol the next day, Aquaman is given the chance to use his first new ability. An injured sailor is desperately in need of an operation, to save his life, or he will die in the next ten minutes. Aquaman undergoes a startling transformation. His legs begin to elongate. In short order, his entire body becomes elastic, as he stretches out miles across the ocean. Aquaman leaves the sailor in the care of surgeons on the mainland. Stretched out, Aquaman finds that he is unable to contract his form until the six hours have passed. Moments after the time has elapsed, and he has returned to normal, Aquaman spies a cargo ship impacting an underwater reef. The damage to the ship is excessive. It immediately begins to sink. Aquaman boards the vessel, taking hold of the anchor chain, while a second chain is fastened to the rear of the ship. With both chains in his grasp, Aquaman initiates his second transformation, rapidly inflating to the size of a zeppelin... and then beyond. Dwarfing the ship, Aquaman's buoyant body provides the lift necessary to raise the ship from the ocean's surface. He then floats the ship to the nearest shipyard for repairs. Aquaman spends the the remainder of the six hour time limit, floating over the sea, getting caught up in a hurricane. The storm has raised a huge tidal wave, bearing down on a small fishing village. Floating...