There is a lot of speculation as to the origins of the artwork on Mego packaging, while we have found much of it at the Mego Comic Book Connection The artwork for many remains shrouded in mystery. None more than Aquaman Today we'll focus on the Sea King as his artwork has only been seen on Mego packaging.
By the late 1960's DC had started using this image of Aquaman swimming in the corner of their books, and, as the attractive, dynamic image found it's way onto many liscensed products such as the 1976 Pepsi glass and the 1974 Our Way Studios Stickers. In fact, this image is the definitive Aquaman image of the era.
So why not on the Mego Aquaman box and Kresge card? Instead, the character
is in a running pose. Say what you will about Aquaman,
but "runner" isn't the first thing that comes to mind.
But not so with the Mego Box, most likely due to the fact that it didn't fit in the first place! Popular theory seems to think that Mike Jamaician may simply have traced over a stock image of the Flash to create the desired effect for the box.