Aquaman #6

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Synopsis

                             Patrolling the high seas, Aquaman and Aqualad spy a ship on the horizon that is floating above the water. Nearing the strange phenomena, they see that it is their friend, the water sprite, Quisp, who is magically levitating the vessel. Seeing their approach, Quisp speeds off with the ship, ignoring Aquaman's attempt to make contact. Aquaman and Aqualad pursue the impish prankster. Quisp splits the ocean wide open before them. Aquaman and Aqualad are swimming too fast to stop their plunge into the watery crevasse. In the time it takes for them to recover, Quisp has made good his escape. Aquaman and Aqualad are quick to pick up Quisp's trail. Soon enough they re-encounter him, this time making off with a large barge. Launched into the air on the twin water spouts of two sperm whales, Aquaman and Aqualad are able to surprise Quisp and catch hold of him. Only for a moment, though, as Quisp's magic catapults the sperm whales into the two heroes. The impact renders them both unconscious. Quisp escapes again. Still stunned, Aquaman and Aqualad are too groggy to swim out of the path of an ocean liner, bearing down on them. The pair are rescued by Quisp. Faced with Aquaman's accusations of wrong doing, Quisp swears that he was not involved with the morning's activities. The culprit was , in  truth, Quisp's twin brother, Quink. Quisp is reluctant to believe that his brother would engage in criminal activities. Quisp follows the heroes to a nearby island to get to the heart of the mystery. The missing ships are all berthed on the island, under the watchful eye of the notorious pirate, Captain Slade. Aquaman is about to take Captain Slade into custody, when Quink ambushes the heroes, including his own brother, Quisp.                               Only momentarily stunned, Aquaman and Aqualad are quick to run down Captain Slade, tackling him out of his speedboat and into the ocean. Captain Slade wrests himself away from...