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"Crime Wave!": The head of the crime syndicate which once kidnapped Mera has a new scam: kidnapping Aquaman and various surface people and subjecting them to a brainwashing process. The process involves confronting them with Thanatos, a monstrous version of themselves which

Aquaman #54 is an issue of the series Aquaman (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1970. It was published on September 3, 1970.

Synopsis for "Crime Wave!"

The head of the crime syndicate which once kidnapped Mera has a new scam: kidnapping Aquaman and various surface people and subjecting them to a brainwashing process. The process involves confronting them with Thanatos, a monstrous version of themselves which battles them and saps their strength, in a mental fantasy world. After the process is complete, each thinks he has been killed by Thanatos, and operates as a zombie, stealing for the syndicate at the leader's will. Aquaman has a tough time with Thanatos, but finally defeats him in the mind-world shortly before the police crack the case, apprehend the syndicate head, and free Aquaman and the others.

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  • While this was the only appearance that the character Thanatos made during the original run of this series, he became a recurring adversary for Aquaman, and made several appearances throughout Aquaman (Volume 5).


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