Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $503.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 4.0 | $1.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 6.0 | $21.95 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 8.0 | $37.43 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 9.2 | $39.61 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 9.6 | $426.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| 9.8 | $387.19 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
| RAW | $4.49 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1977-10-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 33 graded copies for Aquaman #58 (1977). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Through a Past Darkly!
Aquaman) returns home, only to discover that Mera is missing. What he does find, however, is his old foe the Fisherman) lying in wait inside the Aquacave. He snares Aquaman inside a pressurized net. Aquaman's body chemistry cannot compensate for the change in pressure quickly enough and he falls over, unconscious.
When he comes to, he finds that the Fisherman has secured him to the solar panels of his father's old abandoned lighthouse. Confident that he has at last defeated him, the Fisherman leaves Aquaman to his fate. As the rays of the sun dehydrate Aquaman, he reflects upon his childhood, growing up on this tiny island with his father, Tom Curry, and his Atlantean mother, Atlanna). The memories bolster Aquaman's confidence and he eventually breaks free. He dives into the sea and begins his search for the Fisherman.
| StoryTitle2 = Return to Disaster | Synopsis2 = Mera) consults with Vulko) while young Arthur Curry, Jr.) lays dying. Vulko tells her that the scientists of Dimension Aqua might hold the key to saving the baby's life. Mera knows that she cannot bridge the dimensional gateway to her homeworld, but she is determined to try. She finds a small spatial aperture and widens it with her hard water powers. As she enters Dimension Aqua, she is immediately set upon by armed guards. Leading the squad is the warlord Leron). Leron tells her that he has captured her scientist ally, Xebel, and that they shall both be executed.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Aquaman) **Supporting Characters:** * Atlanna) * Tom Curry) **Antagonists:** * Fisherman) * Kobra)
**Locations:** * Atlantic Ocean ** Atlantis *** Aquacave *** Poseidonis * Curry Lighthouse
**Vehicles:** * Fisherman's mini-sub
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Mera) **Supporting Characters:** * Aquababy) * Vulko) **Antagonists:** * Leron) **Other Characters:** * Xebel) **Locations:** * Atlantis ** Poseidonis * Dimension Aqua
| Notes = * Aquaman's origin is briefly recapped in this issue.
| Trivia = * The title to this issue, "Through a Past Darkly" is possibly taken from the 1977 Phillip K. Dick novel *Through a Scanner Darkly*. More likely, it refers to the Rolling Stones compilation album *Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)*, released in 1969.
* The issue includes an advertisement for Hostess Twinkies featuring Wonder Woman) titled "Cooky La Moo on Broadway".
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Creative credits
Writers: David Michelinie, Paul Kupperberg
Interior art: Jim Aparo, Juan Ortiz
Color: Liz Berube, Jerry Serpe
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
GCD: 31495
PANEL PROFITS: 2391487