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Warning : SPOILERS ThroughAquaman # 38
The Atlantean Civil War has been tease for the past few month within the pages of theAquamancomics , and has ended with Atlantis by chance rising up from the ocean floor to become an island nation once again . Though this outcome had been prognosticate by a divination inthe last pages ofDark Nights Metal # 6several months ago , the exact detail of just how Atlantis would return to its former position remained a mystery story until now .
The Atlantean Civil War protrude shortly after Aquaman was swear as King of Atlantis by the Council of Elders in favor of Corum Rath - an Atlantean diehard , who had conduct a militia group called The Deluge intend to begin a war with the aerofoil world . It chop-chop became apparent , however , that Rath was paranoid to an insane degree and growing more erratic as he begin utilizing various magical artifact tocement his control over Atlantis .
Eventually , the same nobles who had given Rath the throne began plotting against him , as Aquaman began to pass a impedance movement from among the working course of study of Atlantis . In response , Rath called upon the office of The Abyssal Dark - a seductive , Lovecraftian force it was allege was responsible for impart about Atlantis ' demolition in ancient times .
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Rath ultimate lost to Aquaman and The Abyssal Dark was overcome , but not before it mysteriously admonish Aquaman that " your wish is coming straight … remember , you ask for this misery . " before long after that , the foundation of Atlantis began to break as the sunken metropolis began to turn out .
It was then that Aquaman recall the wish he had made while break a courting of the reality - altering 10th Metal , thinking on his lovesome dream in an effort to wander back the hopeless power of The Dark Multiverse during the events ofDark Nights Metal . He wish well for a city that was , like him , " a place of the land and ocean , " and with the Abyssal Dark that dragged Atlantis beneath the waves beat there was nothing to stop it from rising to become the city of Aquaman ’s pipe dream .
There are several complications that a risen Atlantis offers . The most obvious of these is the nature of the Atlantean people themselves . While the Atlanteans of the DC Rebirth reality are amphibian and equal to of living on land as easily as underwater , most of them have no experience operating on land for lengthy periods . neglect the obvious " Pisces out of water " comparisons , the architecture of Atlantis was dependent on mass being able to move freely around the buildings in a way that wo n’t be possible in the open gentle wind . A declamatory takings , however , may be the response of the world at large .
The most recentAquamanseries opened with the American government declaring state of war on Atlantis thanks to the actions of The Deluge and another terrorist group prognosticate NEMO convincing them that Atlantis had become hostile . ThoughAquamanwas eventually able to plea for peace , the American hawk said the only understanding they did n’t prosecute an all - out warfare was because Atlantis ' locating underwater made traditional invasion tactics inconceivable .
With Atlantis now expose to the open - air , the same hardliners may decide the time is ripe to verify Atlantis never becomes a scourge to American sovereignty again . The only certainty in all of this is that Aquaman ’s want has guarantee thatMera ’s sovereignty as Queen of Atlantiswill not be any more peaceful than the effort to secure her pot .
Aquaman # 38is now uncommitted fromDC Comics .
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