Aquaman #10 [Brad Walker / Andrew Hennessy Cover]

(Early January 2017)

Future Tide (Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Abnett

Pencils

Brad Walker

Inks

Andrew Hennessy

Colors

Gabe Eltaeb

Letters

Pat Brosseau

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mera; The Widowhood [Reverend Mother Cetea; Seer-Sister Nerid; Sister Balene; Sister Elasmar]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (in prophecy vision); the Fatal Queen [Mera?] (in prophecy vision); Lieutenant Joanna Stubbs (British Royal Navy); unnamed waiter; Broadside (agent of N.E.M.O.); Black Jack (agent of N.E.M.O.)

Synopsis

The Widowhood's Seer has a prophecy of a Fatal Queen who will trigger the Deluge which will end both Atlantis and the surface world. Believing the Fatal Queen to be Mera, the Widowhood refuses to sanction her marriage to Arthur to prevent the Deluge. Mera starts to be wonder if she should not marry Arthur for the same reasons. Mera then responds to a message from Lt. Joanna Stubbs, who reveals to her that N.E.M.O. is behind the attempts to provoke war between Atlantis and the US. Their meeting is interrupted by Broadside, a N.E.M.O. agent who wants to kill them both.

Reprints

• in Aquaman (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #17 (Mayo de 2017)
• in Aquaman (DC, 2017 series) #2 - Black Manta Rising ([June] 2017)
• in Aquaman (Panini Brasil, 2017 series) #2 (Setembro 2017) [traduzida]
• in Aquaman (Panini Deutschland, 2017 series) #3 - Die Flut (Oktober 2017)
• in Aquaman Rebirth (Urban Comics, 2018 series) #1 - Inondation (janvier 2018)

Indexer Notes

Aquaman does not appear in this story except for the prophecy vision of the future where he dies.

The Deluge is a prophecy of a cataclysmic flood that will destroy both the Surface World and Atlantis. The Atlantean rebel group named "The Deluge" named themselves after this prophecy believing that only the surface world will be destroyed by the flood. The prophecy is said to be triggered by a "Fatal Queen" of Xebel blood after the death of the king. The Widowhood believes that Mera is destined to be this Fatal Queen.