Aquaman #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Mera - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Aquaman (DC, 1962 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: November-December 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-09-17
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mera - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Wedding of Aquaman!	cover	1	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, Aqualad, Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Arthur Curry, Princess Diana, The Flash, Garth, Dick Grayson, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Katar Hol, J'Onn J'Onzz
2	The Wife of Aquaman	comic story	24	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy	Barry Allen, Aqualad, Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Arthur Curry, Princess Diana, The Flash, Garth, Dick Grayson, Hawkman, Katar Hol, J'Onn J'Onzz, Clark Kent
5	80 Page Giant Magazine; The Flash	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	-	cartoon	0.25
10	Escape to the Sea	text article	0.67	letters: typeset
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
15	Honesty Is the Best Policy!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 7.57 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1712-9	2008	On eBay ›
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6446-8	2016	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #1718 of 63#19 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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