Aquaman Vol. 3: Manta vs. Machine

Blood is thicker than water...

Years ago, Aquaman's actions caused the death of Black Manta's father, but thanks to a gift from Lex Luthor, that injustice might now finally be righted. An A.I. made from Manta's father's DNA now controls a massive robot known as "Mecha Manta." Together the reunited father and son will destroy Arthur Curry for good.

Manta's own son, however, has chosen the opposite path. The aquakinetic teenager Jackson Hyde is Aquaman's newest protégé! As Mecha Manta lays siege to Amnesty Bay, Aqualad must choose between his family and his mentor.

And while Arthur tries to be a surrogate father to Jackson, his estranged fiancée Mera prepares for the birth of their own child as the arrival of Aquababy approaches!

Join Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly), Robson Rocha (Supergirl), and Daniel Henriques (Justice League) as they dive deep into this epic new era in Aquaman Vol. 3: Manta Vs. Machine!

Collects Aquaman #53-57 and Aquaman Annual #2.

Kelly Sue DeConnick is the Eisner Award-nominated writer of Bitch Planet (Image), Pretty Deadly (Image), Captain Marvel (Marvel) and Osborn (Marvel) and got her start in the comics industry adapting Japanese and Korean comics into English. Five years and more than ten thousand pages of adaptation later, she transitioned to American comics with 30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella for Steve Niles and IDW. Work for Image, Boom, Oni, Humanoids, Dark Horse, DC, Vertigo and Marvel soon followed. Today DeConnick is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers' rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western Pretty Deadly; the latter co-created with artist Emma Ríos. DeConnick's most recent venture, the sci-fi kidney-punch called Bitch Planet, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014. DeConnick lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Matt Fraction, and their two children.