Bonk! Bonk! On The Head

I had been trying to think of a good post to wrap up the year for a long while, but for the longest time nothing ever came to me.

And then a light bulb went off over my head--shots of Aquaman getting bonked on the head!

It started out when he was a young man:

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And continued into adulthood:

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Getting hit on the head wasn't limited to just Aquaman, either:

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Sometimes, the hits weren't physical, but hurt just as much:

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See you in 2009, everybody!



Endnotes:
1)Superboy #171
2)Aquaman (Vol.1) #54
3)Aquaman (Vol.1) #55
4)Aquaman (Vol.1) #56
5)Adventure Comics #443
6)Adventure Comics #452
7)Adventure Comics #466
8)Legend of Aquaman #1
9)Adventure Comics #278
10)Aquaman (Vol.1) #43
11)World's Finest #249

Super Dictionary, Part 12 - 1978

Before 2008 draws to a close, I thought we'd hit the last of the 1978 DC Super Dictionary listings!

These definitions repurpose art from two of the finest artists who ever picked up a pen to render the Sea King's adventures--the top panel is by Don Newton (from Aquaman #61, when Batman guest-starred) and the bottom is by Jim Aparo, who drew so much Aquaman during his career that he showed up a lot in the dictionary.

The DC Super Dictionary is such a wonderfully colorful (and idiosyncratic) offering that I'd love to see some book publisher try it again. I know I would've been a lot more interested in the regular dictionary if it had had pictures of super heroes in it...

Power Record Gift Set - 1976

This is a super-cool, hard-to-find Power Records "Gift Set" that includes seven 45" records featuring the biggest stars of Power Records, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Flash, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, the crew of Star Trek, and of course Aquaman, all rendered by the man, Neal Adams.

I had heard of this set, but had never seen it (even on eBay), until my pal and F.O.A.M. member George Rears handed it to me over lunch a few weeks ago (that's right, ladies--a Power Records Gift Set), which was, as usual with him, extraordinarily generous.

There isn't anything in this set that Power Records hadn't released before (they were the king of re-purposing long before Kenner), but its still a fun little set, and it was nice to see the Aquaman record get included, as opposed to other Power Records' stars, like Wonder Woman, the Hulk, or Conan, by Crom.

Thanks George!

Comics Weekend 2008 Wrap-Up

I thought we'd do something a little different this year, and use the last Comics Weekend post of 2008 to look back at all the books the Shrine covered in the past year.

If you missed any, click on the specific cover to check them out:

*Whew*!

Let's hope that by the time we get to 2009's wrap-up, we'll have had some new Classic Aquaman comics to talk about!