▁by ▁gr ief ▁over ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Arthur , ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁is ▁committed ▁to ▁an ▁as yl um ▁in ▁P ose id on is . ▁Short ly ▁afterwards , ▁an ▁al ien ▁force ▁conqu ers ▁Atl ant is . ▁Arthur ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁city ▁but ▁is ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁an ▁escaped ▁M era , ▁who ▁personally ▁bl ames ▁Arthur ▁for ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁their ▁son . ▁In ▁a ▁fit ▁of ▁ra ge , ▁M era ▁leaves ▁Aqu aman ' s ▁dimension . ▁ ▁The ▁publication ▁of ▁writer ▁Peter ▁David ' s ▁The ▁Atl ant is ▁Chron icles ▁# 1 – 7 ▁( M arch – Se ptember ▁ 1 9 9 0 ), ▁which ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Atl ant is ▁from ▁ant ed il uv ian ▁times ▁to ▁Aqu aman ' s ▁birth , ▁introduced ▁the ▁ancient ▁Atl ante an ▁characters ▁Or in ▁( after ▁whom ▁Aqu aman ▁was ▁named ) ▁and ▁At lan ▁( who ▁was ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁Aqu aman ' s ▁father ). ▁ ▁Another ▁Aqu aman ▁on going ▁series ▁with ▁cre ative ▁team ▁Sh a un ▁Mc L augh lin ▁and ▁Ken ▁Ho oper ▁( # 1 – 1 3 ) ▁there after ▁ran ▁from ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁which ▁port rayed ▁Aqu aman ▁rel uct antly ▁dec iding ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁P ose id on is ▁as ▁its ▁prote ctor ▁once ▁again . ▁For ▁a ▁time , ▁he ▁serves ▁as ▁Atl ant is