#23.1

Synopsis

Black Manta is being held at Belle Reve as Amanda Waller tries to convince him to join the Suicide Squad when the Crime Syndicate stages a mass prison break. The Crime Syndicate claims that the Justice League is dead, and asks the villains to join them. Black Manta declines, feeling that if Aquaman is dead, he has nothing left to fight for, however, he soon has reason to want revenge against the Syndicate.

Reprinted in

• DC Comics: The New 52 Villains Omnibus #[nn]
• Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus #[nn]

Credits

Plot

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Paul Pelletier, Claude St. Aubin

Inks

Sean Parsons, Claude St. Aubin

Colours

Rod Reis, Blond

Letters

Carlos M. Mangual, Taylor Esposito

Assistant editor

Kate Stewart

Plot, script

Tony Bedard

Senior editor

Brian Cunningham

Other printings & variants

• Standard Cover
• Newsstand
• 3-D Motion Cover - Second Printing