Yossarian wrote:
 
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Story as mediocre as I remembered from 50 years ago, but I like Howard Purcell's art more than I did when I was 10.
 
As always, the Time Capsule is a great excuse to go back and re-read the treasured stories of my youth. Even when they don't hold up as well as I recall, it is worth the journey. 

I recall that issue being irresistible to me when I was a kid because the pair up of Aquaman and Hawkman just seemed so right to me at the time. Now though I always scowl at the cover because it seems to me that Howard Purcell's Aquaman was very well rendered but he just couldn't draw Hawkman. Here's my present day copy:


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Ohwell