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Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman #[nn]
In "The Legend of Aquaman," a young boy with golden hair—marked by fate and abandoned on Mercy Reef—defies the odds, surviving alone in the ocean until he's rescued by lighthouse keeper Arthur Curry, who gives him a name and a home. This foundational tale, written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by Eric Shanower, traces the origins of the man who would become king of Atlantis, from his isolated beginnings to his eventual return to claim his destiny. The cover by Curt Swan and Al Vey captures the mythic weight of a hero’s first steps.
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An Atlantean baby born with the deformity of golden hair, the young Aquaman was left to die on Mercy Reef, but survived due to his ability to breathe air. Surviving as a boy in the ocean on his own, he befriends lighthouse keeper Arthur Curry, who takes him in and gives him the name Arthur. Upon his father's death, young Arthur seeks out and finds Atlantis where he is taken prisoner. He is befriended by Vulko, and upon learning of his mother's death, he escapes from Atlantis and becomes a hero in the surface world. Years later he returns to Atlantis and becomes king.
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