SUB-MARINER #4 (of 6)Written by Matt Cherniss & Peter Johnson
Art by Phil Briones
After the fun, fight-filled last issue, which saw Namor lay a beat down on Wolverine before getting jumped by Venom, and promptly have his little wings on his feet ripped off, this issue brings us a quick wrap up to that Venom fight and a lot of dull exposition with a noticeable dip in the quality of the interior art.
As I said, the fight with Venom ended rather abruptly. While it looked like Namor was down for the count, he just gets up as if nothing happened and proceeds to take down Venom in seconds, which is equivalent to what should happen with the differences in the two characters' powers. It ends with Namor ripping out Venom's tongue, which the artist or writer seems to think is a physical attachment that would bleed when torn out instead of being an extension of the symbiote and not a real tongue per se. It made for a nice image, but not much sense.
The remainder of the issue sees Namor seek out Sue Richards, of the Fantastic Four, for help in tracking down the terrorist cell in Seattle. With his wings damaged, he can barely fly and needs help reaching Seattle in time. Sue refuses to help him due to the use of his terrorist cells in US, but offers him the Fantiscar out of friendship and debt for the Civil War aid he offered. Issue ends with Namor arriving in time to try and stop the Atlantean terrorists, but not before his son is revealed as the one leading the cell. Combined with Reed and Tony discussing a variation in the skeleton of Namor they find in the future panels, it looks like the son dies in upcoming issues and that is what the Namor skeleton will be revealed as.
Was hoping for a fun, action packed issue again, but this one really let me down with a quick, couple page finish to the Venom fight and then nothing for the rest of the issue.
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