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Aquaman 5
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Aquaman 5 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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4418768013
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
A Scorcerer sends a group of killer whales against Aquaman and Aqualad on the cover of Issue #5. In "The Haunted Sea",
Aquaman and Aqualad investigate the mysterious disappearances of several sea vessels. They witness an ocean liner consumed by a gigantic hand made out of water and follow the ship's watery descent only to find themselves trapped inside of bubbles of air. They eventually break free and encounter a sorcerer who calls himself Baron Debois. Debois and his colleagues are trapped inside the microscopic confines of a drop of water. Debois befriends Aquaman but quickly turns on him, using his mystical powers to shrink the two in size. The Baron's true name is Merder, and he is a dark sorcerer who places Aquaman within a dungeon in Red Coral Mountain where he meets the crew of a sunken freighter.
Aquaman managed to escape and finds a serum that will return all of the prisoners to normal size, while Mercer employs his thunder-rod to take control of all life in the sea. But Aquaman discovers that a strong jolt of electricity is enough to free the creatures from Merder's spell. After setting them free, Aquaman and Aqualad hide inside the mouth of a whale shark until they can get close enough to Merder to apprehend him, after which they use his own technology to return him and his followers to their microscopic prison.
Our 9.8 is the single highest graded copy in the census and replaced our Pacific Coast Collection 9.6, which had previously topped the census. We acquired the book from the 6/22/2024 Heritage Auction. Of course, as almost always happens, the 9.8 copy of Issue #5, being single highest graded, went for roughly twice as much as the 9.8 copy of Issue #4. Again, such things are one of the drawbacks of collecting DCs, you do not see anything close to as dramatic with Marvels, as there are more collectors and far fewer single highest graded books.
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