Aquaman has come to the Marianas Trench, in pursuit of the Fisherman. His unwelcome arrival, however, is met with gunfire from a NATO gunboat. Aquaman dives under the boat, then springs back up to board it. A telepathically summoned octopus takes out the boat's gunner. Aquaman and the NATO captain exchange heated words. Suddenly, the ocean begins to churn. A waterspout, filled with rock and debris, erupts from the ocean, in very close proximity to the gunboat. Taking damage to its rudder, the gunboat's helmsman is unable to steer the vessel clear, and, in fact, it's being drawn towards the waterspout. Aquaman telepathically summons whales to form a living channel around the gunboat, guiding it to safety. Aquaman then dives below the waves to confront the likely cause of the unnatural pheno