Aquaman #60

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Synopsis

Still upset over the loss of his son and his missing wife, Aquaman wages battle with the Scavenger as Kobra watches on with a captive General Hogan held hostage. Plus: Mera prepare to brave the Pit!Scavenger, Ravager, Plunderer, Thief!Aquaman is in hot pursuit of the Scavenger, an undersea pirate who has looted the cargo holds of the sunken ship, Bellerophon. Spying Aquaman's approach, the Scavenger ramps his scorpion shaped submersible into high gear. Aquaman telepathically directs an armada of barnacles to cling fast to the hull of the Scavenger's submersible. The added weight disrupts the thrust of the submersible's jets, forcing the Scavenger's vessel down to the sea floor. The Scavenger electrifies the hull of his ship, removing the barnacle encrusting encumbrance. The delay, however, has given Aquaman the time to catch up to the Scavenger. The Sea King crashes through the hull, and engages his old foe in pitched combat. Aware that his operative, the Fisherman, has failed to secure the Bellerophon's cargo, Kobra readies his personal craft, intent on retrieving the cargo, from the Scavenger, personally. On board the Scavenger's vessel. Aquaman has quickly gained the upper hand. The Scavenger activates a device, onboard his ship, that creates huge pockets of evaporated sea water in the ocean. In his haste, the Scavenger momentarily forgets that his vessel cannot traverse the air pockets. Traveling through one causes the vessel to instantly crash into the ocean bottom.Though Aquaman can breath air , as easily as water, a group of Atantean farmers are jeopardized by the air pockets, and begin suffocating. Aquaman abandons his fight with the Scavenger, rescuing the farmers by pushing them out of the pocket and back into the ocean proper. This gives the Scavenger time to regain control of his ship, and, more importantly, it's considerable arsenal. Aquaman is struck down by the scorpion submersible's tail, then finds his legs flash frozen by an ice projector. The Scavenger...