Aquaman #55

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Return Of The Alien!After consulting with the Atom, at a meeting of the Justice League of America, Aquaman prepares to return to the microscopic world within his wife Mera's ring. While previously trapped in the ring dimension, Aquaman had been forced to abandon a young woman to slave traders. This act has never sat well with the King of the Seas. Aquaman is determined to return to the ring dimension, and rescue his former traveling companion. As Mera maintains some form of psychic influence over the ring world, it is up to her to concentrate on finding the girl, and leading Aquaman to her. Once Vulko readies the Atom's device, Aquaman shrinks down to subatomic size and re-enters the ring dimension. Almost immediately, Aquaman in attacked by one of the giant, cyclopian amoebas that dwell in "The Wilderness". Aquaman chooses to flee rather than face the creature. Following Mera's telepathic pull, Aquaman is drawn to the slave trader's colony. Aquaman is attacked, just outside the colony, by a contingent of slave traders. Mera can sense her husband's peril, and it's all Vulko can do to stop her from willing Aquaman back out of the ring. Meanwhile, Aqualad attends a political rally being held by the Atlantean politician, Noxden. Noxden demands that Aquaman be replaced as KIng, for turning Atlanteans back into water breathers. Aquagirl, too, finds that the former insurrection leader, Mupo, agrees with Noxden's position. Atlanteans should return to being air breathers. By defying that idea, Aquaman has turned against the interests of the Atlantean people.Aquaman is defeated by the slave traders, and taken prisoner. Sensing this dire turn of events, Mera concentrates on reviving Aquaman, and the Sea King awakes. Breaking loose from his captors, Aquaman quickly locates his quarry, the girl from "The City". He is surprised to find that she does not wish to be rescued. Though the slave traders do force her to work, they have also opened her mind. The prejudices she grew up with...