in september 2011, "the new 52" rebooted dc's continuity. in this new timeline, topo is reintroduced as a fearsome sea monster, a gigantic creature that is part octopus and part crab that only aquaman can summon with a special conch. aquaman summoned it to deal with the scavenger, and uses his full telepathic power to unleash the creature on the scavenger's fleet. however, this version of topo is found to be too intelligent to be controlled by aquaman's telepathy; while the creature managed to destroy the enemy submarines, the strain of mentally commanding topo causes aquaman to suffer from nosebleeding before passing out of consciousness.