- Script
- Kurt Busiek
- Pencils
- Butch Guice
- Inks
- Butch Guice
- Colors
- Dan Brown
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (first appearance of new Aquaman); King Shark; Dweller in the Depths; Dr. Phillip Curry (flashback); Elaine Curry (flashback)
- Synopsis
- A young man named Arthur Curry recalls his water-breathing childhood and learning to breate air. He encounters the Dweller in the Depths, who prophesies a familiar future which seems to have already taken place.
- Reprints
Story takes place one year after Aquaman (DC, 2003 series) #39 and Infinite Crisis (DC, 2005 series) #7.