SUMMARY:
Archibald just wants to live in peace away from his greedy relatives, so he exiles himself to an island of penguins... but his relatives follow him.
OVERVIEW:
Aquaman witnesses a man marooning himself on an island full of penguins, but leaves the man in peace when it becomes clear that he went to the island to escape civilization. Unbeknownst to Aquaman, the man's relatives back home want to find him to get his fortune. They go to the island to bring him home, and Aquaman comes to his rescue. But Aquaman and a few thousand penguins are no match for the guns of the bad guys, and Aquaman ends up unconscious in a cave. He frees himself and goes after the ship, and eventually rescues the man with the help of finny friends. Aquaman then helps the man retrieve his fortune, a bunch of emeralds.
COMMENTS:
The idea of marooning yourself on an island full of penguins to get away from relatives doesn't seem so far-fetched to me, oddly enough...
The man, Archibald, just wants to be left alone, and Aquaman totally respects that until he hears a cry for help. After defeating the bad guys and their crew of thugs, Aquaman calls in a destroyer to take them away to prison. Presumably a US ship also occupied in the war.
The relatives are Thomas, Alicia, and Phillip. Phillip knows where the island that Archibald went to is located, and is apprently a bit of a coward. During the fight he gives up without a punch thrown. Alicia is the scheming one, and behind the whole plot. She single-handedly defeats Aquaman by blowing powder in his face to blind him (so a sailor thug can knock him out), but is terrified of a sea-mouse (Aquaman says, like any good sexist, "You know how women are!" when asked why she's afraid of it).
CONCLUSION:
Not an Aqua-highlight, but a fun story nonetheless.