Missing Stingrays/Hydronauts/Aquaraiders (Aquazone) 1998 Minifigure Pieces

[Chris Böhnke]

One correction to the lore - apparently Hank Hydro is known as Muddy Mick in UK https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Hank_Hydro
And Crystal Miner is known as Captain Chris Crystal https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Crystal_Miner

Hehe

I know where that is from.

Pages 2 and 3 from Bricks'n'Pieces May/June 1998 list all the 6 Aquazone characters from 1998. Included are the incorrect portraits for the Aquanauts (Hydronauts were known as "Aquanauts" in Europe for some reason). Note that B'n'P had a bit of a habit of messing up those portraits - just compare with the U.F.O. issue.

The interesting bit comes on pages 5-8, where there's the comic that is entirely identical to the Mania Magazine version, except for the names. In the comic the characters are referenced more correctly - Hank Hydro/Chris Crystal and Crystal Miner/Muddy Mick. The comic mentions the characters multiple times and they always line up with the matching US name, also the ranks now line up with them. So I'd rather say that's the correct one (admittedly the comic's first panels are messed up as well, but that's true for the US one too).