Comic Title: Adventure Comics #256
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1959
On Sale Date: November 26, 1958 Copyright Date November 26, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Ordeal of Aquaman"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Aquaman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Bernstein
Artist: Ramona Fradon

Reprinted In:
Tails of the Super-Pets TPB (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #255; next appearance in Justice League of America #144)

Supporting Character(s)

• Topo (last appearance in Adventure Comics #255; next appearance in Adventure Comics #257)

Villain(s)

• A gang of smugglers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various desert racers and residents of a small town (no further appearances)

Comments:
Aquaman survives longer than one hour without water in this story.

Synopsis:
Aquaman is captured by a gang of smugglers. The crooks take him to the desert where the lack of water will quickly kill him. Aquaman survives, first by using the radiator water from a car to reach a small town, then by melting the ice of a skating rink. Once he regains his strength he successfully apprehends the crooks.