THE WAR OF THE SEVEN KINGS RAGES!
Barbarian hordes have gathered on the sunless plains of Attumacht Deep, 28,000 feet below the waves. They howl with bloodlust, ready to scour every inch of ocean to find the most hated traitor in all the seas. But that won't be necessary now. Here comes Namor, the Sub-Mariner, fallen king of Atlantis...to swim the Crimson Swim.
Rated T+
Aaron's Namor continues to be such an excellent character study. The two timelines are perfectly balanced and their differing art styles help to set the tones. Read Full Review
Namor #2 is an oddly uneven issue. Jason Aaron begins Namor's quest to bring peace to a fractured nation by witnessing the lows of the common folk and butting heads with one of the kings in a ritual contest that doesn't make much sense. Jason Aaron appears to be building out the complexity of the Seven Seas as an underwater Game of Thrones, but the ideas don't grab you. That said, the art is decent enough to keep your eyeballs engaged. Read Full Review
Plot
Namor faces Attuma, one of the seven warlords who want to be kings of Atlantis, and challenges him to a ritual called CRIMSON SWIM, where both warriors pour a powerful wine on each other that makes them dizzy to fight, Namor has the whole situation under control and manages to get some names of the warlords out of Attuma, and then defeats him with a single blow.
Attuma's warriors attack him and he shows them that he is the king of Atlantis.
Like the previous installment, there is a flashback sequence that tells of Namor's first teenage love, as well as his first betrayal, it is about Kailani, a young half-breed like him who shows him the horrors of war and how there is misery in the kingdom, taking him to see more
Another great issue, the two reveals toward the end of the book were pretty obvious but really well done. I really like the new character, Kailani. I hope she's a permanent character. Good art and writing and a really interesting world being built upon, as someone who's not extremely familiar with Namor but I've always like the idea of the character, I'm enjoying the history being built here and hope it doesn't stop any time soon.
After a rocky start in the first issue, I thought this one at least had a budding of a story. I did like how in Namor's arrogance, he just saunters up to the entire army. Although I don't think he's strong enough to wipe them all out. I think Aaron OP'ed him a bit. The flashbacks are good and don't mess with the origins of the character as Aaron often does. I don't get writer's aversion the word "Queen" less they are using in a derogatory manner like "Yaas, Queen." Women are not Kings they are Queens, so says every history book ever written.
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