The Trench
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| The Trench | |
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| General Information | |
| Founder(s): | Unknown |
| Leader(s): | Queen Trench King Trench |
| Current Members: | None named |
| Former Members: | None named |
| Status: | Unknown |
| Base of Operations: | Mid-Atlantic Trench |
The Trench are an ocean-dwelling race of evil creatures that take on Aquaman. They first appeared in Aquaman #1.
History
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The Trench rise from far beneath the ocean floor in search of one thing, food. With their first attack, they demonstrate a complete lack of empathy, relying on only the primal instinct to feed, even eating their own slain brethren. All the creatures seem to be similar with the exception of one alpha member of the race. When that alpha member marks it's food, they others back off. After massacring a boat and local fishing community, the police call in Aquaman and Mera to help investigate. The police divers eventually find what looks to be a cocoon in the water, which contains many creatures of the Trench. While fighting off the creatures' attacks, the alpha marks Aquaman as food to be brought back to the ocean floor, where they originated.
Aquaman fiercely battles the alpha as Mera holds off the rest. The apha calls for a retreat with their captured food as they dive back into the deep. Aquaman takes one of their fallen to be further examined. Mera and Arthur dive into the Trench to save the townspeople. They discover a crashed Atlantean ship that had been attacked by the creatures. They also find the spawn of the Trench creatures to be sick and dying. Arthur and Mera then discover the throne room/breeding chamber where the Queen and her alpha King are. The Trench creatures were just trying to gather enough food for their Queen's children. Aquaman rips off the roof of the cave containing the cocooned townspeople and heads to the surface. The Trench, their King and Queen follow them as Arthur triggers a volcanic reaction with his trident. The Trench begins to collapse as Arthur seals it with another large rock.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- Razor sharp teeth capable of puncturing Aquaman's skin and also able to cause mild paralysis in humans.
- Primitive means of communication and mark their food with their saliva.
- Injured by intense heat, such as a flare gun.
- Their physiology allows their bodies to endure the water pressure at the ocean floor as well as on land.
- Their metabolism requires them to consume twenty to thirty times their own weight in food to survive.
- The Trench can create a cocoon to transport their food from the surface back to the trench.
