When David took over he reinvented the whole Atlantis mythos so there are a bunch of prequel miniseries to his run . His run itself came out at over 70 issuesBefore that though you may want to start with Aquaman Death of a Prince because thats the story that affects everything that comes after . Throughout the 80 s and early 90 s there were a bunch of miniseries and one shots some good , some not so good but basically after the death of their son Aquaman and Mera become angrier and depressed and eventually Mera runs swims ? away . Peter David takes over in 1993 Aquaman Time and Tide which redoes the origins , makes Aquaman fully Atlantean and sets out the whole ancient Atlantis history in Atlantis ChroniclesEdit oh and there was a Tempest mini series hlafway through the run that shows Aqulad becoming Tempest which if you dont read he kinda just shows up again as Tempest with no explanationThe reason I say all this is beacause it all gets referenced in the main ongoing without much explanation . Alternatively , the Rick Veitch Peter Tomasi run from the mid 00 s is really good IMO .