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  • Aquaman #56 was the final issue of the series. Steve Skeates wrote it in 1971. 1 / 10

  • It dealt with an aggressively mutating algae in Detroit that threatened to kill everyone. 2 / 10

  • Aquaman ends the issue by destroying the satellite that caused the algae mutation. 3 / 10

  • Soon after, Skeates created an aquatic hero, Targo, for Warren Publishing's Eerie. 4 / 10

  • In Eerie #37, Targo mutated into a giant sea creature. 5 / 10

  • In Eerie #40, though, Skeates went out of continuity and used his Aquaman #57 script. 6 / 10

  • Only now Targo starred in the story instead of Aquaman! 7 / 10

  • Later, Skeates took over writing Namor for Marvel Comics. He decided to continue Aquaman #56! 8 / 10

  • The satellite is still destroyed just like Aquaman #56! The same hand presses the button! 9 / 10

  • The crashed satellite, though, caused mutations and Namor has to fight the mutated sea-creature! 10 / 10