Fathom is a comic book created by Michael Turner and originally published by Top Cow Productions.

Its protagonist is Aspen Matthews, a member of a race of aquatic humanoids called the Blue who possess the ability to control water.

During the period of inactivity on the main series, comic book artist Talent Caldwell drew a miniseries titled Fathom: Killian's Tide.

In 2017, Fathom got a sixth volume, this time written by Blake Northcott, pencilled by Marco Renna and inked by Mark Roslan.

Fathom begins as the cruise ship Paradise arrives in San Diego 10 years after its disappearance had been reported.

Aspen has a strange attraction to water, and spends much of her youth swimming, eventually making the US Olympic team for the 1988 Seoul games.

However, the Americans and Japanese no longer trust each other and rely on an intermediary named Cannon Hawke to share research data.

Aspen is also introduced to a mysterious man who somehow entered the DMD and requested to be placed into a tube filled with water.

He tells Aspen that she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids called the Blue who possess the ability to control water.

This weapon, later called the "Blue Sun", is a huge ball of energy out in space powered by three underwater stations on Earth.

Killian intends to use this weapon to drill a hole in the Earth's crust at a place known to the Blue as Chanarnay, or the "Valley of Stairs".

After strange deaths occur from the jaws of an unknown sea creature, a crazy old man shows up at Aspen's door.

The man brings her aboard the Spelunker, a strange submarine-like vessel, and in a very Moby-Dick-like fashion, they hunt down the creature named "Big Moe".

Lara goes unnoticed and contacts her friend Sara Pezzini, a New York detective and wielder of the Witchblade, for help.

Vana's experiment comes to a saddening end when Cannon absorbs all of Taras and turns into a horrible abomination, a mere shadow of a man that can barely speak.

It is a race against time for them to get out of the enemy base as Vana explodes her body into hundreds of long sharp icicles.

Due to legal restrictions in using the Top Cow characters from Tomb Raider and Witchblade, The Fathom, Vol.

The story focuses on the Blue warrior Kiani, who is forced to side with the rebellious councilman Marqueses in order to save her master, Casque, from the clutches of human military scientists.

Marqueses has engineered the situation in order to kidnap Casque and to secure the older warrior's immense power for an offensive against the humans.

Fathom Prelude showed Aspen's teenage life and her journey with the USA Olympic Swimming team.

The story sheds some light on why she was stripped of her gold medal and includes a possible appearance by the Unknown[clarification needed].

Volume 1 revealed that Admiral Maylander knew of the Blue's presence, and this series sees him take action against the underwater race.

This time, the focus is divided between the returning Killian, thought dead in volume 2, his newfound allegiance with his abandoned daughter, Kiani, and the rise of the Blue's ancestor race the Black.

Covers were drawn by Clark and Sanchez, and also David Finch, Billy Tan, Joe Benitez, Nick Bradshaw, and Michael Turner.

Killian is in search of his missing wife Anya, and his newborn child Anika while Kiani escapes from her imprisonment to get her revenge on Aspen.

6, also known as Michael Turner's All New Fathom, published since February 2017, includes an all new creative team; Blake Northcott (writer), Marco Renna (pencils), Mark Roslan (digital inks), John Starr (colors) and Zen (letters).

In this volume, Aspen Matthews inadvertently releases a group of incarcerated underwater beings called The Typhos, who are bent on overthrowing The Blue.

7, also known as Michael Turner's All New Fathom, publishing anticipated June 2018, includes a new creative team of writer Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) and artist Siya Oum (Lola XOXO).

This all-new adventure for Aspen's preeminent hero sees her attempt to navigate an ever-changing world where The Blue are not only present above the surface-but exploited in new and dangerous ways.

The film was to be made by director James Cameron and his production company Lightstorm Entertainment; but nothing developed.