Aquaman #61

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Aquaman teams up with Batman in order to retrieve the cargo Kobra has stolen from the Bellerophon. When more help is needed, Green Lantern answers the call!Aquaman and Batman are ensnared in a titanium steel mesh net, as Kobra's followers close in on them with spear guns. Batman pulls a small laser from his utility belt to facilitate their escape. The two heroes engage Kobra's men in combat. Aquaman ensnares Kobra's agents in the net, then telepathically commands electric eels to electrocute the men into unconsciousness. Flashing back to the Justice League satellite, orbiting 22, 300 miles above the Earth, finds Aquaman explaining the case details to his fellow League member, Batman and Green Lantern. Kobra had looted a cargo of poisonous chlorinated hydrocarbons from the sunken vessel, Bellerophon. The Justice League had traced Kobra's whereabouts to Portugal. Green Lantern discovered Kobra's invisible ark hovering over a church in LIsbon, at which point, Aquaman and Batman made their approach from the sea, running afoul of Kobra's followers.Within the church, Kobra, still holding General Horgan and several U.N. delegates hostage, makes ready to release the deadly gas over Portugal. Green Lantern steps up his assault on Kobra's invisible, flying arc. Kobra abandons the hostages to deal with Green Lantern's threat to his ship. With Kobra out of the room, Aquaman and Batman burst in and take out all of Kobra's men. While Aquaman sets about to freeing the hostages, Batman prepares to destroy Kobra's launch mechanism. Green Lantern's distraction, however, has failed to buy the heroes enough time to complete their mission. Kobra has already returned. Simply turning his ship's force field projectors to emit the color yellow, neutralized any threat from the Green Lantern. Batman and Kobra square off in mortal combat. Deeming the fight personal, Aquaman stands by and merely watches. Kobra gasses Batman, then launches the deadly gas capsules over Portugal. Green Lantern moves...