Naturally, Aquaman’s first appearance from More Fun #73 is also the first story of this collection it's been collected a handful of times before, though not in quite a few years and never previously with the same quality of restoration. (Aquaman was one of the few superheroes – along with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman – to be published continuously throughout the 1940s and ’50s.)

The first and only entry in DC’s Aquaman Archives hardcover series begins with 1959's Adventure Comics #260, meaning that until now, nearly eighteen years’ worth of Golden Age Aquaman stories have gone completely uncollected. More Fun being an anthology series, Aquaman appeared as a 7- to 10-page feature until #107 in 1945, at which point Aquaman and the other superhero features were moved to Adventure Comics starting with 1946’s Adventure #103. The character first appeared in 1941, in More Fun Comics #73 (which also, interestingly, featured the first appearances of Green Arrow and his sidekick Speedy, in a different story). Prior to this collection’s release, reprints of Golden Age Aquaman stories were especially few and far between. Sure enough, in fact, this book does an exceptional job of curating a range of previously uncollected material from across the character’s entire publication history. That’s because Aquaman has been so sparsely collected over the years that a history-based anthology featuring the character was essentially bound to include material never collected before (if only to live up to the “75 Years” part of its moniker). 6) #1 & 43Īquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years is the thirteenth hardcover DC has released under its “Celebration of 75 Years” banner, and while the series has been generally well put together as far as these types of entry-point anthologies go, this is the first one to mark a truly historic publishing event.

1) #1, 18, & 40 Justice League of America Annual #2 Aquaman (vol. DeMatteis, Neal Pozner, Peter David, Rick Veitch, Will Pfeifer, Geoff Johns, and Cullen BunnĪrtists: Paul Norris, Louis Cazeneuve, Ramona Fradon, Nick Cardy, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Chuck Patton, Craig Hamilton, Martin Egeland, Jim Calafiore, Yvel Guichet, Joshua Hood, Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, and Trevor McCarthyĬollects: More Fun Comics #73 & 89 Adventure Comics #120, 174, 220, 260, 266, 269, 444, 452, & 475 Aquaman (vol. Writers: Mort Weisinger, Joe Samachson, George Kashdan, Jack Miller, Robert Bernstein, Steve Skeates, Paul Levitz, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, J.M.

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