Comic Title: Aquaman #36
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1967
On Sale Date: September 7, 1967 Newsstand Date September 7, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #196, Page 6

Copyright Date September 7, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Newsstand Date September 7, 1967
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V22 #8

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: George Kashdan

Title: "What Seeks the Awesome Threesome?"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Nicholas Peter Cardy

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 3 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Flash #175)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aqualad (last appearance in Teen Titans #11; next appearance in Teen Titans #12)
• Mera (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Aquaman #37)
• Aquagirl (last appearance in Aquaman #33; next appearance in Aquaman #40)
• Aquababy (last appearance in Aquaman #35; next appearance in Aquaman #37)
• Topo (last appearance in Aquaman #32; next appearance in Adventure Comics #443)
• Tusky (next appearance in Aquaman #37)

Villain(s)

• The Awesome Threesome (Torpedo Man, Magneto, and the Claw; no further appearances)
• An alien convict (no further appearances)

Comments:
Aquaman mentions that this is not his first encounter with the Awesome Threesome, but this story is their first and only appearance. The story of their earlier encounter has never been told.

Synopsis:
Aquaman and his family build a replica of Atlantis as an exhibit for surface dwellers to visit. The pavilion is attacked and demolished by three robotic creatures known as the Awesome Threesome. After wrecking the exhibit the terrible trio known as the Torpedo Man, Magneto, and the Claw destroy a gyro-moleculizer which is being displayed in another exhibit.

Aquaman and Aqualad battle the robots to a standstill, but they are unable to beat them. Then a creature emerges from the ground beneath the destroyed pavilion. The alien makes his way to the real Atlantis followed by Aquaman. The Awesome Threesome delay the Sea King, allowing the alien to be picked up by a flying saucer.

The Torpedo Man then explains that the alien was a convict exiled on Earth. His sentence was over, but the gyro-moleculizer would have prevented him from awakening on time for his retrieval. Had the alien missed the flying saucer, he would have been trapped on Earth for thousands of years. With the threat gone, Aquaman is relieved that he never had to combat the alien directly.