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| Publisher |
DC |
| Artist |
Neal Adams |
| Writer |
Steve Skeates |
| Published | June 1971 |
A mysterious high pitched buzzing sound, along with a dazzling underwater rainbow, leads Aquaman to an Oceanographic laboratory. The lab is in ruins. A single page from a scientific journal fills Aquaman with a sense of foreboding. As Aquaman explores the island, he encounters a band of weird dolphin-like men. Their awkward gait causes the King of The Seven Seas to laugh uproariously. Aquaman's laughter clearly enrages the creatures, who lash out with their telepathic powers. Aquaman falls to the ground, unconscious. In Metropolis, television news reporter, Clark Kent, encounters a desperate man, searching for Superman. Suddenly the man bolts. As Kent pursues the man through the streets, the crowds of bystanders go blind in their wake. Kent, too, finds his vision impaired. The blurry image of his quarry stops, then seems to split into two.Both figures continue to race away. With the crowd blind, Kent switches into his Superman costume. His own vision, though, is impaired enough that he accidentally side swipes a passing car, while giving chase to the two figures. Superman keeps the car from crashing. As soon as Superman's vision clears, he continues his pursuit, catching up with his quarry, as they approach a nearby island. On the island, Superman spies the unconscious form of Aquaman. Superman immediately gets Aquaman into the ocean, where the Sea King quickly revives. As the two men return to the island, they are approached by one of the strange dolphin-like men. It is this one, which came to Metropolis in search of Superman. As a child, the dolphin-like man was abandoned by it's parents.The creature was found, frantically splashing about on the surface of the sea, by a pair of oceanographers. These men raised the creature in their laboratory. It reached adolescence in a matter of months, and quickly learned to speak English. It also developed various psychic powers. Though graceful in the water, the creature was extremely awkward in it's movements on land, eliciting...