TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH!
• As the clash between the ATLANTEANS, the SIRENAS and the interdimensional PAN reaches its terrible climax, an empire will triumph and an empire will fall!
• But you might be shocked to find out which of our heroes and villains ends up where! Will AMADEUS step up to JIMMY WOO'S challenge and lead both AGENTS OF ATLAS teams toward power and glory in this new world? Or will the dream of communities united in the PORTAL CITY OF PAN all come crashing down?
• Who will wear the crown? Whose word and heart will break? The fate of Atlas and the world hangs in the bala more
The conclusion to Atlantis Attacks is a strange duck, in that it is completely sold on being a crossover, that ends on the promotion of another crossover, "The King In Black," with its cover. Read Full Review
Out of one universal crossover into another, but Pak writing either Agents of Atlas team is worth the price of admission, and this issue looks really good. Read Full Review
The script comes out of the tall grass to deliver a good finale. Amadeus learns and grows, the Pan conflict ends satisfyingly, and wonder of wonders, Namor goes for non-violent conflict resolution. Nice art and added narrative focus help this series pull up a bit for the last chapter. The cast is still way too big, though: Part of why this issue works is that it doesn't even pretend to be anything other than the Amadeus Show.
The whole tsunami part was very silly. Both it being made and stopped by Amadeus.
I took a gamble by reading this before King in Black #1, and I definitely chose wisely. This has almost nothing to do with King in Black. If you're thinking of getting it for the sake of reading King in Black tie-ins, you shouldn't. The tie-in is literally the last two pages, and all it is is that Knull is here and the Agents of Atlas are going to help Namor fight him... To be continued in King in Black: Namor.
As for this issue as a conclusion to this miniseries and the story Greg Pak has been telling through various miniseries and back ups... It was fine. Nothing really ended unexpectedly. There's plenty of room for Greg Pak to continue his story, but I honestly wouldn't mind if he didn't. This issue is fine. This story is fine more