Fresh from the JLA, Aquaman settles back in New Venice when it is suddenly and totally destroyed by Ocean Master! Tragedy catapults Aquaman back to Atlantis, where he discovers that ancient talismans - dating back to Arion's time - are missing and irate inhabitants have come to blame the surface world. To prevent a grisly war, Aquaman (in a redesigned costume) goes undercover, searching exotic, never-seen underwater civilizations for the missing sacred talismans.