, ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁where ▁he ▁helps ▁Flash , ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁and ▁the ▁Justice ▁Society ▁to ▁fight ▁off ▁the ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁Do om ▁and ▁recover ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁Tot ality , ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁Star man ' s ▁Cos mic ▁Rod . ▁Aqu aman ▁claims ▁that ▁the ▁current ▁fight ▁against ▁Do om ▁is ▁dest ined ▁to ▁fail , ▁and ▁that ▁only ▁he ▁can ▁a vert ▁dis aster , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁the ▁Tot ality ▁must ▁be ▁transport ed ▁to ▁Atl ant is . ▁Aqu aman ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁hero es ▁transport ▁the ▁Tot ality ▁back ▁to ▁Atl ant is , ▁only ▁to ▁find ▁it ▁under ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁V andal ▁Sav age ▁and ▁the ▁Leg ion na ires ▁Club , ▁and ▁that ▁P ose id on ▁has ▁been ▁ens la ved ▁by ▁the ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁Do om . ▁He ▁ca ims ▁that , ▁following ▁his ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁Death ▁Kra ken , ▁he ▁was ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁the ▁Anti - Mon itor ▁and ▁sent ▁back ▁to ▁Earth ▁with ▁instructions ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁Tot ality ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁but ▁in ad vert enty ▁land ed ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁within ▁the ▁S phere ▁of ▁the ▁God s , ▁losing ▁his ▁mem ories ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁This ▁appears ▁to ▁contradict ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁at ▁M era ' s ▁hands . ▁ ▁Arthur ▁Joseph ▁Cur ry ▁Arthur ▁Joseph ▁Cur ry ▁is ▁the ▁second ▁DC ▁Comics ▁super h ero ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as