Aquaman #24

(December 2013)

Death of a King Chapter Six: Secret of the Seven Seas (Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Paul Pelletier

Inks

Sean Parsons

Colors

Rod Reis

Letters

Dezi Sienty

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Tom Curry (flashback); Atlanna (flashback); Tula (flashback); Murk (flashback); Swatt (flashback); Urn (flashback); Vulko; Atlanteans (flashback); Atlan [The Dead King] (flashback); Sala (Atlan's wife, flashback); Orin (Atlan's brother, flashback); Trench creature (flashback); Mera (flashback)

Synopsis

Aquaman awakens to discover that he has been unconscious for six months, and in that time, the Dead King has seized control of Atlantis. Vulko had helped Arthur to escape and now helps Arthur learn the truth: the Dead King is Atlan, who was the first ruler of Atlantis, who was overthrown and his family was killed by his treacherous brother Orin. Once Atlan successfully defeated Orin and reclaimed the throne, Atlan sank Atlantis. Vulko reveals that Arthur is not descended from Atlan the true king of Atlantis, but is instead descended from the villainous Orin.

Reprints

• in Aquaman (DC, 2012 series) #4 - Death of a King ([July] 2014)
• in Aquaman (Panini Deutschland, 2012 series) #4 - Der König von Atlantis, Teil 2 (August 2014)
• in Aquaman (DC, 2013 series) #4 - Death of a King (2014 [January 2015])
• in Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) (2018 [February 2019])

Indexer Notes

It is revealed that when Atlantis sank, its seven kingdoms split apart, four were lost, the other three were Atlantis, Xebel, and what would become the Trench.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Channel 52 / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Freddie Williams II

Inks

Freddie Williams II

Colors

Freddie Williams II

Letters

Sal Cipriano

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Metropolis on fire!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bethany Snow