Virtual Adept

Sub-Mariner: Revolution - IMPERIOUS REX! The bad boy of Marvel, Namor, king of Atlantis, aka Sub-Mariner is back for his own 6 issue mini-series. After the events of Marvel Civil War, relations between the United States and Atlantis have been seriously strained. In the first few pages of this series Namor finds himself ones again the target of U.S. wrath. It’s difficult to mention anything about the plot of this book without major spoilers, so I’ll speak generally. This book is mostly political but has quite a bit of fighting in it (more than I expected). The dialog is sometimes spot-on, and at other times harmed by blatant mischaracterization. There are a few glaring plot holes and cases of plot-induced-stupidity, but overall, this was quite more enjoyable for me than I expected it to be. To fully appreciate this book it would help if you have read Civil War previously, especially the main C.W. mini and the Civil War Frontlines mini, because a lot of what happens in this book is a direct result of events that happened in those (although the first issue of this mini does summarize some of it). I would say you do not have to be a fan of Namor to enjoy this book, because I’m not, I don’t really like him or know much about his history prior to Civil War and the New Avengers Illuminati series. I think based on this outing, Namor is probably overlooked by a lot of comic readers and under-estimated. But he is still an anti-hero. Overall it was a decent read but probably not a good jumping on point for anyone not familiar with current events in the Marvel Universe. 7/10