I'm shocked that it's been almost a full year since I took the time to review a Namor book. I was sure I'd done so in mid-summer or thereabouts.
I'm going to want to get things going again with major appearances for a spell, not just guest-appearances or team books in which he's little more than muscle. What better way to do that than with the second issue of his 2007 mini-series and its awesome cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto.
In a SHIELD crime lab, remains found in Atlantis' throne room are being studied to determine if they are that of Namor, the Sub-Mariner. When the results confirm that they are, Tony Stark ponders who could have done such thing.
We flashback to six days prior to begin to find out.
Atlanteans are being blamed for an apparent terrorist attack in Kansas, of all places. Namor is trying to find the perpetrators of the crime while SHIELD, including Iron Man, comes to breathe down his neck.
He is. The plan is to prevent Namor from going to the surface, anticipating that he'd only make things worse. You can certainly make a historical case for that.
But Iron Man gives Namor "one more hour" to find those actually responsible. Okay, then what? You declare war? You arrest Namor for a crime he didn't commit? There's a part of the reasoning that I'm not following here.
Not one to be told what to do, Namor gets through SHIELD's little cordon and heads for the surface. Meanwhile, in Seattle, a sewer worker makes an unfortunate discovery.
Namor then arrives at his destination which, predictably, is the Kansas town that was devastated earlier. There he finds a jewel in the rubble, apparently a clue as to who actually caused the damage.
Also, we see Norman Osborn out recruiting someone to capture the Avenging Son. It's....An interesting choice!
The writers, named in the image above have done a very good job of building up anticipation with both issues so far. I thought this mini-series might just be an ultimately insignificant attempt to cash in on yet another Marvel "event" but the first third, at least, has been quite good.
We flashback to six days prior to begin to find out.
Atlanteans are being blamed for an apparent terrorist attack in Kansas, of all places. Namor is trying to find the perpetrators of the crime while SHIELD, including Iron Man, comes to breathe down his neck.
But Iron Man gives Namor "one more hour" to find those actually responsible. Okay, then what? You declare war? You arrest Namor for a crime he didn't commit? There's a part of the reasoning that I'm not following here.
Not one to be told what to do, Namor gets through SHIELD's little cordon and heads for the surface. Meanwhile, in Seattle, a sewer worker makes an unfortunate discovery.
Also, we see Norman Osborn out recruiting someone to capture the Avenging Son. It's....An interesting choice!
Following his discovery, Namor flies to Xavier's school to request some unidentified assistance from the professor. He doesn't receive quite the greeting that he'd hoped for, however.
Well there's a little something to look forward to! With Venom shown earlier, the potential for a highly chaotic scrap is enticingly high with these three.
The writers, named in the image above have done a very good job of building up anticipation with both issues so far. I thought this mini-series might just be an ultimately insignificant attempt to cash in on yet another Marvel "event" but the first third, at least, has been quite good.
