Aquaman was once a prominent member of the Justice Lord but finally saw that by controlling the world like tyrants they were perpetuating the greatest evil. He broke off all ties with them to return to the ocean. One day Superman and Batman came looking for him and made him " an offer you can't refuse or else" type of offer to rejoin the team. When he refuses Superman melted his hand with his heat vision and Batman beat him mercilessly and caused the lose of his eye as well as the scaring on his face. Upon returning to Atlantace and recovering from his injuries he fashioned a silver hook to replace his hand and vowed to take revenge on the Justice Lords. He wears there uniform as sort of a mockery of them and fights to end there rain of terror with a small band of underground resistance fighters who in the main reality are super heroes not associated with the Justice League.