On his first day as king of Atlantis, Aquaman must prove he's the right man for the job. Luckily, Vulko is ready with just the right mission: investigating a distant outpost that no one has heard from in years!

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!