É o primeiro dia de Aquaman como rei. Ele e Mera saem para investigar um posto avançado que desapareceu misteriosamente há sete anos! O que eles encontram é um deserto insano no meio do oceano.

Aquaman’s reputation is under attack, but no one in Atlantis is taking him seriously! To win his subjects over, he sets out on a journey that leads him straight into a horror-tinged mystery unlike anything he’s ever seen!

After Ocean Master and Pytor Mortikov join forces and the dreaded villain Scavenger enters the fold, Aquaman fights for the hearts and minds of his subjects and the physical existence of Atlantis and Earth!