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DC · Silver Age · 1959
Adventure Comics #260
DC · 1959
Noted for: Silver Age Aquaman origin
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The Adventure Comics #260 in context
Why collectors care
The Silver Age origin of Aquaman, cover-dated May 1959 — the retelling that established Arthur Curry as the son of a lighthouse keeper and an Atlantean, replacing the Golden Age version and defining the character ever since.
How to identify it
Adventure Comics #260, May 1959. Aquaman first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 (1941); this is the Silver Age origin and reintroduction.
Common mistakes
Listings calling this "1st Aquaman". It is the Silver Age origin — the Golden Age debut is a separate, much scarcer book.
Grade considerations
A 1959 book with limited high-grade survival; centering and cover gloss are the usual limiters.
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