Dr. Starbuck was a man obsessed with Atlantis ... by Mera using her power over hard water, — and then Karla, Aquaman, and Mera teamed up to fight invading aliens in a true Silver Age plot ...

But an enraged Aquaman won’t have it. Joined by Mera, the two battle the Man of Steel to an essential standstill. Neither side is willing to concede defeat. With their king under assault ...

As Aquaman gets us up to speed on recent developments, the ensuing montage has the oily fingerprints of strange re-workings, as though it were edited to excise Amber Heard’s Mera (his baby’s ...