Independent·Adventure Comics·#280·Silver Age·ID-2314527
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 2 of 65 slabs (3.1%) | 2 | SOV | $2,684.00 | 2 | $5,368 | (102.2x) |
| 9.6 | 0 slabs | 0 | $1,254.74 | — | — | (47.8x) | |
| 9.4 | 4 of 65 slabs (6.2%) | 4 | $602.10 | 4 | $2,408 | (22.9x) | |
| 9.2 | 4 of 65 slabs (6.2%) | 4 | $221.08 | 4 | $884.32 | (8.4x) | |
| 9.0 | 3 of 65 slabs (4.6%) | 3 | — | — | — | (4.6%) | |
| 8.0 | 11 of 65 slabs (16.9%) | 11 | ANC | $207.03 | 11 | $2,277 | (7.9x) |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $26.27 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
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Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
John Forte
Mort Weisinger
Publisher profile coming soon
Marvel revolution. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko create the modern superhero. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men debut.
The sweet spot for collectors — significant enough to be culturally important, scarce enough to be valuable. 9.8 copies are extremely rare.
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Lori Lemaris, the teenage mermaid from Atlantis, tells a series of whoppers to attract the attention of Superboy. Learning that Lori is stretching the truth, Superboy uses his super-brain to "clear...away negative thought patterns so that Lori would know the difference between good and bad". But Britt Lemaris, Lori's father, super-hypnotizes Superboy, Lori, and Lana Lang into forgetting their encounter to keep Atlantis's existence a secret.
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Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teenager.
House ad for Superman Annual #2.
Dr. Rocket needs to head back home when he forgets his toothbrush.
Dizziness makes him act out nursery rhyme.
Boy uses excuse to visit girl's gym class repeatedly.
Aquaman and Aqualad fill in on an episode of the TV series "Sea Chase" after the two stars get the bends after diving too deep. While filming the episode titled "Lost Ocean", Aquaman and Aqualad encounter a real sea monster.
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Lori Lemaris, the teenage mermaid from Atlantis, tells a series of whoppers to attract the attention of Superboy. Learning that Lori is stretching the truth, Superboy uses his super-brain to "clear...away negative thought patterns so that Lori would know the difference between good and bad". But Britt Lemaris, Lori's father, super-hypnotizes Superboy, Lori, and Lana Lang into forgetting their encounter to keep Atlantis's existence a secret.
Aquaman and Aqualad next appear in their first full length Silver Age feature in Showcase #30 before their next appearance in Adventure Comics #282. "Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!" was reprinted in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told. "The Lost Ocean" was reprinted in Showcase Presents: Aquaman Vol. 1 (Collected), Aquaman Archives, Volume 1 and DC Finest: Aquaman: The King of Atlantis (Collected).