Aquaman #38 [Joshua Middleton Variant Cover]

(September 2018)

The Kingslayer Finale (Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Abnett

Pencils

Riccardo Federici

Inks

Riccardo Federici

Colors

Sunny Gho

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Corum Rath; unidentified Atlanteans (transformed into monsters and back to humans); Dolphin; unnamed god of the Abyssal Dark; Vulko; Reverend Mother Cetea; Ondine; unnamed member of The Undercurrent (Atlantean resistance group); Mera; Leron; unnamed Xebellians; King Shark; Jurok Byss; Elder Null (faceless Atlantean ghost); Justice League [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]] (in Tenth Metal armor, flashback to Dark Nights: Metal #6)

Synopsis

Transformed by the Abyssal Dark, Corum Rath is determined to destroy Atlantis. Aquaman and Dolphin try to stop him and fail. When all appears lost, Mera appears leading a Xebellian army, and helps to turn the tide, allowing Aquaman to defeat Corum Rath and the Abyssal Dark. The god from the Abyssal Dark tells Aquaman that his wish will come true, and soon after Atlantis rises to the surface.

Reprints

• in Aquaman (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #25 (Enero de 2019)
• in Aquaman (DC, 2017 series) #6 - Kingslayer (2018 [February 2019])
• in Aquaman Rebirth (Urban Comics, 2018 series) #5 - Régicide (avril 2019)

Keywords

Dark Nights Metal; Tenth Armor

Indexer Notes

Mera gained the loyalty of the Xebellian army in Mera: Queen of Atlantis (DC, 2018 series) #6.

Atlantis storyline continues in Suicide Squad (DC, 2016 series) #45.

Aquaman and the rest of the Justice League donned Tenth Metal armor to stop the forces of the Dark Multiverse in Dark Nights: Metal (DC, 2017 series) #6. It has been shown that the armor can grant the wearer their secret wish, although not as expected. In this case, it is revealed that Aquaman wished for a place for him that was of both land and sea, as a result, Atlantis rises to the surface.