Discover! Spoilers forward for Aquaman #1!One in every of DC Universe Biggest Heroes by chance stumbled upon an Infinity Gauntlet-level weapon. Within the blink of a watch, Aquaman has simply misplaced his household and residential due to a mysterious object. However the weapon's secret historical past reveals that it might be linked to forces that might endanger Earth.
In Aquaman #1 by Jeremy Adams and John Timms, Arthur Curry returns to Atlantis, the place he's approached by Jackson Hyde, who brings an odd pearl to Aquaman's consideration. Arthur ignores Jackson, however the subsequent time Aquaman is away from Atlantis, the dominion will likely be destroyed and the pearl would be the solely factor left.
Aquaman has the Justice League analyze the pearl, which connects it to the magical vibration of the ocean. Aquaman finds a decaying relic and throws the pearl into it, making a portal. However after Aquaman ventures contained in the portal, the relic is revealed to be a glowing Omega image.
Aquaman found a pearl that leveled Atlantis
The Pearl has an odd historical past within the DCU
If this gem seems acquainted, it's as a result of it has appeared in a number of tales beforehand written by Jeremy Adams. He first appeared in a divergent timeline in Flash level past as a weapon that Emperor Aquaman used to sink whole nations into the ocean. The pearl later appeared in The Flash#785 in an alternate world that was decimated by the Faction and utilized by a variant of the Flash to revive life to Earth. However the pearl lastly appeared on Prime DC Universe in Batman: The Courageous and the Daring #18the place a White Martian tried to make use of it to revive life on Mars.
All through its appearances, the pearl has been heralded as probably the most highly effective objects in existence and is linked to life itself. However that doesn't clarify why it seems to have destroyed Aquaman's kingdom, nor why it's apparently linked to Darkseid (if that's what the Omega image implies, no less than). Regardless, identical to the Infinity Gauntlet, this pearl has god-level energy, and even throughout totally different timelines or alternate Earths, it's a particularly coveted merchandise that good and evil entities have tried to own. It is going to be attention-grabbing what the pearl will imply for Aquaman as he actually plunges into the unknown.
Is Aquaman dealing with extra energy than he can deal with?
Or will his connection to the ocean make him the right bearer of the pearl?
Though its function and energy haven't but been revealed, the pearl is an artifact intrinsically linked to water. And nobody is aware of the mysteries of the ocean higher than Arthur Curry, even when he's been a bit misplaced up to now. Though Arthur has misplaced his house and his household is lacking, he bravely ventures out seeking solutions in regards to the pearl. If anybody can unravel this, it's him. He could even be taught to grasp the pearl and develop into probably the most highly effective characters in all of historical past. DC Universe.
Aquaman #1 is now obtainable from DC Comics.