Vassa, evil queen of the Mermen, is back to bedevil Aquaman for a third time. On this occasion, Vassa is using five tunnelling ships to drill a hole under Atlantis, thereby flooding the city. Things begin to look really grim when a vortex sucks Mera into Vassa's ship, and Aqualad is felled by a laser beam. Fortunately, Aquaman is still free and able to fight fire with fire--or in this case, water with water--making certain that Vassa will pay a hefty price for her subterranean skullduggery. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi