Fantastic Four: The End (2006) #2

Well this should be fairly quick.

When you find out that Namor appears in an issue of a certain book, it can be difficult to guess how significant his contribution is. This book's selection is a swing and a miss but it sets us up nicely for when we purchase the next issue.

The problem from the perspective of a Sub-Mariner fan is that the team is split up at this point and their stories are told individually. It just so happens that Sue Richards' tale is not a major focus of this particular issue.

When we do meet up with her and Namor, they are swimming about a demolished temple. Richards is contemplating what causes Utopian societies to fall and Namor couldn't care any less.

When he kicks at some debris in disdain, he inadvertently reveals a secret. The Kree alien race has been here. Susan wants to study this further.

I didn't know about the death of her children but no doubt that's been reversed by now.

Whatever the case, their exploration is interrupted by an old foe.

Yay! Attuma!

Sue's portion of the story is about all of three or four pages and ends on the cliffhanger above so that's it for the moment. If the solicitation text is a reliable guide, we should see get far more of this non-couple in the following issue.

As Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm meet on Mars to compare notes, in the deepest portions of the ocean's depths Sue Richards makes a discovery that could change the future of their fractured family.

I'm still glad I got this book because starting to read right into the battle would have felt like I was missing something. As it is, this creates a little eagerness to get at #3 ASAP.