▁a ▁scient ist ▁who ▁had ▁acquired ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁Aqu aman ' s ▁DNA . ▁Bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁human ▁race ▁as ▁it ▁currently ▁existed ▁would ▁destroy ▁Earth , ▁he ▁had ▁s unk ▁the ▁city ▁while ▁using ▁the ▁sample ▁he ▁took ▁from ▁Aqu aman ▁to ▁convert ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁residents ▁into ▁water - bre athers . ▁Aqu aman ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁establish ▁himself ▁as ▁the ▁prote ctor ▁of ▁' Sub ▁Diego ', ▁a ided ▁by ▁new ▁Aqu ag irl ▁Lor ena ▁Mar quez , ▁despite ▁such ▁problems ▁as ▁the ▁human ▁residents ' ▁poor ▁reaction ▁to ▁being ▁tra pped ▁under water ▁or ▁Ocean ▁Master ' s ▁attempt ▁to ▁' rewrite ▁history ' ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁Aqu aman ▁while ▁Or in ▁is ▁Ocean ▁Master . ▁ ▁Starting ▁with ▁# 4 0 ▁( May ▁ 2 0 0 6 ), ▁following ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁" In finite ▁Cris is " ▁story line , ▁it ▁was ▁renamed ▁Aqu aman : ▁S word ▁of ▁Atl ant is ▁which ▁ended ▁with ▁issue ▁# 5 7 ▁( Oct ober ▁ 2 0 0 7 ). ▁ ▁The ▁missing ▁year ▁through ▁" Final ▁Cris is " ▁Following ▁the ▁" One ▁Year ▁Later " ▁story line ▁( start ing ▁with ▁Aqu aman ▁vol . ▁ 6 , ▁# 4 0 , ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 6 ), ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁renamed ▁Aqu aman : ▁S word ▁of ▁Atl ant is ▁and ▁taken ▁in ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁direction ▁by ▁writer ▁Kurt ▁Bus iek . ▁In ▁this ▁version , ▁Aqu aman