More title alliteration!
Oscar Bensol brings us "The Satanic Saturnians".
Strange rising tides bring in our heroes to investigate, and they find melting icebergs. So, they are off to the North Pole. A spaceship that looks like Saturn is there--and what do you know, there are Saturnians on it! They are behind the melting, using a heat ring. Our heroes are on the case, calling in killer sharks to cut the cables for the ring. Tusky, always the idiot, bites the cable and gets pulled up. Minisubs are sent out to fight our heroes. Tusky jumps into one of the subs. A sub sends out "a sleeve of hard light" (?) to trap Aquaman. He tries to call for help, but the hard light stops it. Tusky, on the sub, manages to releases Aquaman and crashes into other subs. The normal fish troops are called in. Aquaman grabs a sub, and finds Tusky in it. They go off to the main ship, and the fish army pushes it around. The aliens decide to blast off.
Some things to look for:
- Aquaman's nickname for Aqualad count: Tadpole (26)
- Aqualad catchphrase attempts: Suffering Starfish, Leaping Lampreys, Jiggling Jellyfish
- Is this a precursor of global warming? I knew it wasn't caused by natural events...
- The Saturnians look like a fish and a bat mated.
- A strange quote from the Saturnian: "Back to Saturn before they put rings in our noses!" Was that standard procedure for aliens?
Dennis Marks writes "The Brain, The Brave and the Bold", which is a reference to a DC comic title that Aquaman was in quite a few times.
A sub reaches Atlantis. It's the Brain--another Aquavillain. He uses a sonic brain wave to attack! Our heroes come in, and missiles are send their way. Aquaman deflects them with his fists (?), and calls in his fish army to help out. The sonic brain wave is used, and the fish army deserts him--Aquamans' telepathy does no good. Now, Brain's goons attack. One of them fells Aquaman, and the others capture Aqualad. He's given a special mental treatment to turn Aqualad against Aquaman. Since the ray is turned off, Aquaman called the fish army back in--Aqualad disperses them with his new super-strength. Our heroes have a fight, and Tusky knocks Aqualad out. Like in all fiction, a blow to the head fixes everything. Our heroes and the fish army attack, while the Brain's ship readies their attack on Atlantis. The ray is destroyed, and the ship blows up.
Some things to look for:
- Aquaman's nickname for Aqualad count: Tadpole (27), Minnow (4)
- Aqualad catchphrase attempts: Leaping Lampreys
- In the comics, a very different Brain was a Doom Patrol villain
- Aquaman is not nearly as powerful without the fish army to back him up
Remember, you can play along by watching the show on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, or VUDU. You can also buy the DVD on Amazon.