Aquaman #46

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After getting rescued from an artificial whirlpool, Aquaman wakens to find Mera by his side. Meanwhile, under the sea, Aqualad continues battling Bugala and Aquagirl gets in with a group of Atlantean rebels! NOTE: This issue has been reprinted in black and white.Due to severe injuries suffered during an explosion, Aquaman is rushed to a local hospital. While en route, Mera reflects on the past events that have brought them to this point. The Atlantean royal family had been enveloped in a mysterious whirlpool. Mera found herself cut off from her family. In shot order, Mera was abducted by Atlantean thieves, long ago exiled from the underwater city. Though she cried out to her husband for rescue, Aquaman was laid low, by a blow from one of her abductors. Mera's captors released her to a group of surface men, who took the Queen of Atlantis onboard their submarine. To Mera's astonishment, Narkran, the leader of Atlantis in the Royal family's absence, was revealed to have aided in her abduction. The long submarine journey to the surface left Mera in a weakened state, due to water deprivation. Arriving at an underwater fortress, Mera was deposited in a flooded cell and left to contemplate her fate for several hours. Within the fortress, the syndicate leader outlined his plan. Mera's ability to create hard water constructs coupled with the syndicate's artificial whirlpool generator would make any cargo vessel vulnerable to their pirating operation. To coerce Mera's cooperation, the syndicate boss led Mera to believe that her husband, Aquaman, was also a prisoner of the syndicate. She was given an ultimatum. Comply with the syndicate's demands or else Aquaman would suffer a slow, agonizing death.Though Mera doubted that Aquaman was truly being held by the syndicate, she, nonetheless, agreed to their demands, not willing to risk her husband's life on a hunch. Days passed. Then, Mera became aware of a strange electronic sound, which was followed by her cell door sliding open....