Dates
- Cover date
- December 2019
- On sale
- October 16, 2019
- In stores
- October 16, 2019
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
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Story arc: Year of the Villain: Doom Rising
This is part 12 of 24. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Deathstroke #48
- Harley Quinn #66
- Justice League #33
- Batman and the Outsiders #6
- Catwoman #16
- Detective Comics #1013
- Hawkman #17
- Justice League Odyssey #14
- Supergirl #35
- The Flash #80
- Wonder Woman #80
- Aquaman #53
- Justice League #34
- Nightwing #65
- Teen Titans #35
- Action Comics #1016
- Aquaman Annual #2
- Batgirl #40
- Detective Comics #1014
- Justice League Dark #16
- Red Hood: Outlaw #39
- The Flash #81
- The Terrifics #21
- Wonder Woman #81
Also part of: Year of the Villain
Creators
Stories
- Amnesty, Part 4: Strange Beasts · 22 pages
On Amnesty Island, Aquaman is surprised to encounter Tristram Maurer, who was believed to have died two hundred years prior. Aquaman tries to determine what Maurer's connection is to the sea beast who attacked the island. Mera and her Atlantean forces arrive, searching for whomever attacked an Atlantean landmark. As Mera and Aquaman are about to meet for the first time since Arthur's "death", Black Manta strikes.
Publisher’s description
It’s the reunion everyone will be talking about as Aquaman and Mera finally come face to face! Meanwhile, Aqualad and the Old Gods put the murder charges to rest when the true culprit is revealed…and Black Manta makes his move on Aquaman!
Reprinted in
Aquaman (2019)