Aquaman # 1 “The Clear and the
Dark” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman King
Iquila Dolphin Tempest Koryak Topo Porm Vulko Villains: Triton Poseidon Demon
Gate[mentioned in
flashback] The
Fisherman Neron Synopsis: Aquaman
defeated Triton to
take the crown of King of the Seas. Poseidon, Triton’s father
and God of the
Seas, strikes Aquaman blind in vengeance…or is it a portion
of the power of
being King of the Sea. By regal order, King Orin, Aquaman, has
commanded his
people to rebuild Tritonis for King Iquila and his people. The
Poseidians
destroyed Tritonis under the influence of Kordax. Many Tritonians were
crucified. Dolphin searched for Orin to get him to free his people from
Iquila
for fear that he was going to slave them away to death in the re-making
of his
city. She rudiments on her emerging feelings for Tempest. In a rage at
his
blindness, Aquaman pounds the sandy ocean floor before the gates of
Atlantis.
He vows revenge on Poseidon. Topo, the octopus, arrives and tries to
cheer him
up. Koryak moves to defeat Iquila and win his people’s
freedom under the
ancient rules of combat. Aquaman discovers that he is mutating in some
way,
possibly due to Poseidon’s curse. Dolphin stops Koryak from
assaulting Iquila.
Iquila relents in the face of her wisdom and allows his revenge to
sate. He
frees the Poseidians to leave. Aquaman is having a white tunnel
experience. He
sees his mother, Porm, the dolphin, who was killed by Demon Gate. She
reveals
that they are actually in the Clear. The Clear is part of what was
ceded to him
by Poseidon. Prom reveals that the Clear will allow him to stay in tune
with
the seas, a kind of distant early warning system, and a higher state of
being.
Judging that Dolphin had disrespected him, Koryak attacks her intending
to kill
her, only to find himself under attack by Tempest. Tempest and Koryak
distrust
one another, but they will not settle their differences here. Tempest
takes
Dolphin and leaves. Koryak and Vulko gather the Poseidians and lead
them into
the wilderness toward their home. The Fisherman makes a deal with
Neron. He has
the power to call up heavy storms and to trap the most elusive of prey.
He also
seems to be a Wild Huntsman analogue. Aquaman # 2 “Pirate Treasure,
Part 1” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman Dolphin Tempest Koryak Vulko Villains: Cutlass Captain
Nemo Eeol The
Shark, not shown but acts
in cliffhanger Synopsis: Koryak
attacks Vulko with a
hard water form after the old man jests with him in front of the
people. Koryak
swims away. Vulko continues to make excuses for Koryak to the people
and
himself. Aquaman can see again upon awakening from the Clear state.
Dolphin and
Tempest go to him. Then the three journey together to meet the
returning people
of Atlantis. The Atlantean Diaspora is attacked by a large super-strong
man
with a powered sword, named Cutlass. Tempest is knocked out. Dolphin
and Vulko lead
the people toward Poseidonis and away from the attack as Aquaman
squares off
with Cutlass. Dolphin at the head of the Atlantean columns encounters
Cutlass’s
compatriot, Captain Nemo and Eeol. Eeol knocks Dolphin out with his
electrical
grasp. A school of sharks trigger a whirlpool pulling a fishing boat in
and
foundering it. The sharks eat the crew. Aquaman #3 “Pirate Treasure,
Part 2:
Drown with Me” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman Dolphin Tempest Vulko Villains: Captain
Nemo Cutlass Eeol Shark Synopsis: The
Coast Guard investigates
the sinking of the fishing boat. One of the boat’s crew had
managed to make
radio contact as the ship was going down. He claimed that a naked man
with
teeth like a shark was swimming with the attacking horde. The Coast
Guard lost
contact when the boat sank. The cutter is attacked in a similar fashion
by the
same sharks. Nemo threatens to have Eeol electrocute Vulko and Dolphin
unless
Aquaman throws Atlantis open to him and his pirates to pillage and rob
her of
her ancient treasures. Tempest arrives and turns the tables. Tempest
battles
Eeol. Aquaman faces Cutlass. Eeol takes Tempest down. Aquaman defeats
Cutlass.
Nemo calls in a heavily armed submarine that trains its weapons on the
people
of Poseidonis. Nemo blackmails Aquaman into summoning a horde of eels.
As they
arrive, the eels gather tightly around Eeol. When they reach critical
mass,
Eeol unleashes a powerful blast at the ancient alien entity beneath the
city
killing it. As the gigantic cloud of eels clears, Aquaman acts laying
Cutlass
and Eeol low. Nemo launches his torpedoes at the people of Poseidonis
gathered
on the plain before the city gates. Cron One-Eye is revealed to be the
naked man
with the razor sharp teeth who swims with the sharks. He is the Shark. Aquaman #
4 “King and
Country” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman Koryak Vulko Villains: Captain
Nemo Cutlass Eeol,
all three escape in the
torpedo attack Koryak The
Fisherman Synopsis: Aquaman
and Koryak acting
together stop the torpedo attack of Captain Nemo. The three villains
escape
during the commotion. The Fisherman prepares his attack. Koryak faces
down
Aquaman regarding who should be regent when he is away. Aquaman tells
him that
it will not be him due to his immaturity and temper. Koryak in a fit of
pique
swims away. The Clear gives Aquaman a vision of dead sea creatures at
the
center of a large hurricane near an eye-encircled island. Aquaman #
5 “Old Man of the
Sea” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman Koryak Vulko Tempest Unnamed
Hy-Brasilian native
and her children Villains: Shark Fisherman Ocean
Master Black
Manta Synopsis: Koryak
rudiments on how he
perceives both Aquaman and Poseidians, neither displayed in a generous
light,
as he hides near Hy-Brasil. Aquaman leaves Atlantis to find the
hurricane from
his vision. Vulko is left in charge pending Aquaman’s
choosing a regent.
Tempest’s recovery is slowed due to his using his magic for
some other reason.
The Shark says he is coming for Orin. Aquaman arrives at the eye of the
Fisherman’s hurricane. Tempest has a vision. Atlan shows him
Ocean Master and
Black Manta attacking him and snapping his neck. The Fisherman lures
Aquaman to
his island and attacks him. The Fisherman tears Aquaman’s
hook from his arm. Aquaman #
6 “The
Hunted” by
Mike Exner III Cast: Aquaman Villains: Leviathan Fisherman Synopsis: The
Leviathan is alive. He
tells Aquaman, in a fever delirium brought about after the Fisherman
amputated
his hook, that he is the God of the Shallakites, the master who changed
the
Tritonians into mer-people. The Fisherman cauterized the bleeding stump
where
Aquaman’s hook had been. The Fisherman taunts him and beats
him before throwing
him down an embankment. He toys with his prey. He has beaten on and
weakened
Aquaman leading him into further and further traps to punish him.
Leviathan
drives Aquaman into a frenzy to attack and destroy the Fisherman. The
Fisherman,
amped up by Neron, is seen by Leviathan as a threat to his undersea
power.
Aquaman leaves the Fisherman dead on the island as the hurricane
obscuring the
place fades away.
