Set Description:
Synopsis: We currently own copies of all 63 books in this set with a minimum grade of 9.0. Fifty-seven of our books are highest graded examples with twenty of those books single highest graded.
Background: Aquaman was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger and debuted in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941). Aquaman's appearances in More Fun Comics continued until issue #107, after which all superhero stories were replaced with humor features. In 1946, Aquaman was transferred to Adventure Comics with issue #103 along with the other superhero features from More Fun Comics. Aquaman would continue to feature in Adventure Comics for the next 15 years, making him one of the few DC superheroes to appear continuously throughout the 1950s.
Aquaman appeared in 1960 as a founding member of the Justice League of America in Brave and Bold #28. In 1961, Aquaman starred in a four-issue Showcase run in issues #30–33. These Showcase issues are notable as Aquaman's first cover appearances in any comic. Simultaneously, the Aquaman backup feature ended in Adventure Comics with issue #284 and was transferred to Detective Comics with issue #293.
Soon thereafter, the first Aquaman solo series began, with the first issue cover-dated February 1962, which is where this set commences. The same month, the backup feature in Detective Comics ended with issue #300. Simultaneously with the solo series, an Aquaman backup feature was also published in World's Finest #125–139 (cover-dated May 1962 to February 1964). The solo series Aquaman would last 56 issues in its initial run until 1971. Then, after a three-year hiatus, Aquaman returned as a backup feature in Adventure Comics for issues #435–437 before becoming the main feature in issues #441–452. This run transitioned into a revival of the Aquaman solo series in 1977, resuming the initial run's numbering at #57; however, the series ended after just seven issues with #63 in 1978, which is the last issue in the set below.
In the comics, Aquaman was the son of a human lighthouse-keeper and the queen of Atlantis. Aquaman is the alias of Arthur Curry, who also goes by the Atlantean name Orin. His villains include his archenemy Black Manta and his own half-brother Ocean Master, among others.
Aquaman has been featured in several adaptations, first appearing in animated form in the 1967 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure and then in the related Super Friends program. Since then he has appeared in various animated productions, including prominent roles in the 2000s series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as well as several DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Actor Alan Ritchson also portrayed the character in the live action television show Smallville. In the DC Extended Universe, actor Jason Momoa portrays the character in the films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and its director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League, Aquaman, the HBO Max series Peacemaker, and the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Our Collection: We did not seriously start collecting this title until after completion of our Flash and Green Lantern sets. Since this set is a subset of the expanded Aquaman set, which includes the four Showcases, I have not gone to any great efforts to rewrite this set description. If interested, I suggest you refer to that set, which also includes highest graded copies of all four Showcases.
Current Stats:
63/63 Books
38 9.8s-All Highest Graded
21 9.6s-17 Highest Graded
2 9.4s-Both Highest Graded
1 9.2
1 9.0
29.0s
30 WP
21 OW/W
11 OW
1 Cr/OW
20 Single Highest Graded
57 Highest Graded
5 Second Highest Graded
1 Third Highest Graded
30 Pedigrees
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