Monkey Prince#7(2022)

Marcus and Pigsy are arrested by the Atlantean Guard and taken before Aquaman and Mera. Batman has spread the word about the Monkey Prince among the superhero community, so they already know who he is. They believe he is invading Atlantis but he tells them he's chasing after Black Manta. Suddenly, a messenger runs in and tells the royal couple that a pillar of iron has appeared in Dragontown, with one of their subjects trapped underneath. Pigsy realises that the pillar is the Monkey King's staff Ruyi Jingu Bang and they need to go after it. They escape their bonds and swim towards Dragontown. Meanwhile, Black Manta and the Shugel-Shens chase Silver Horn King through the ocean. Marcus and Pigsy reach Dragontown, where the elderly Dragon residents mistake him for his father the Monkey King and bow down to him. Pigsy tells Marcus to command the staff to shrink down and come to his hand, but it doesn't react, so Pigsy tells him to meditate and attempt to communicate with the staff. Marcus is able to talk to Jingu Bang, which is revealed to have a will of its own, but the staff still refuses to obey him. Pigsy spots Silver Horn King overhead and swims up to fight him. Silver Horn King reveals that Pigsy is also a demon, and himself hungers for qi, then swims away when Pigsy hits him with his rake. Both Aquaman and Black Manta arrive on the scene and brawl at the foot of the pillar, knocking into Marcus and breaking his focus. Pigsy tells Marcus to focus on Jingu Bang, but when Aquaman attacks Manta's submarine with his parents inside Marcus ignores the staff entirely, even as it continues to grow and potentially endanger all of Atlantis. Pigsy activates Marcus' circlet to get him to focus on the staff but Marcus fights through the pain to help his parents. Realising that if he can breathe water then he can also create clouds from it like he can with air, he raises the submarine, along with Manta and the Shugel-Shens, to the surface. Aquaman confronts them and declares them villains for helping Black Manta, and Marcus attacks him in a rage.