Aquaman #10
In "Future Tide," Aquaman #10 (2017), writer Dan Abnett and artist Brad Walker (with inks by Andrew Hennessy and colors by Gabe Eltaeb) deliver a tense, atmospheric chapter as Mera grapples with a prophecy that casts her as the Fatal Queen destined to bring about the Deluge. With the Widowhood's Seer warning that her marriage to Arthur could doom both Atlantis and the surface world, Mera begins to question her own role—until a cryptic message from Lt. Joanna Stubbs reveals N.E.M.O.'s hand in stoking conflict between the underwater kingdom and the United States. Cover by Brad Walker and Andrew Hennessy captures the storm brewing beneath the surface.
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The Widowhood's Seer has a prophecy of a Fatal Queen who will trigger the Deluge which will end both Atlantis and the surface world. Believing the Fatal Queen to be Mera, the Widowhood refuses to sanction her marriage to Arthur to prevent the Deluge. Mera starts to be wonder if she should not marry Arthur for the same reasons. Mera then responds to a message from Lt. Joanna Stubbs, who reveals to her that N.E.M.O. is behind the attempts to provoke war between Atlantis and the US. Their meeting is interrupted by Broadside, a N.E.M.O. agent who wants to kill them both.
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