The following contains major spoilers for Namor #7, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Marvel’s King of Atlantis is going to war with the very god who created his undersea kingdom.
Namor #7 takes place across two fronts. The first of these is the literal battlefield on which Namor is facing off against the might of all seven armies of all Seven Kingdoms that comprise the greater whole of Atlantis. The second, on the other hand, is merely a vision of the Great Cataclysm that sank Atlantis beneath the seas tens of thousands of years ago. Shockingly, this vision reveals that it was the Olympian god Neptune himself who personally sank Atlantis and subjected its people to a watery fate. And, while that tragedy itself is more ancient than Namor might ever be, the one true King of Atlantis is still more than happy to dole out a few fistfuls of justice to try and make up for it, even if it means going to war with his own patron god.
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Namor #7
- Written by JASON AARON
- Art by PAUL DAVIDSON & ALEX LINS
- Colors by NEERAJ MENON
- Letters by VC’s JOE CARAMAGNA
- Design by CARLOS LAO and JAY BOWEN
- Main cover art by ALEXANDER LOZANO
- Variant cover art by OLIVIER COIPEL
The Atlantis of Marvel Comics has a long history that predates even the earliest “modern” iterations of itself. Originally introduced alongside Namor himself in Bill Everett’s opening story from 1939’s Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, “Here is the Sub-Mariner,” Atlantis has undergone some major changes in the decades since its Golden Age debut. The version of Atlantis that Marvel fans would be quickest to recognize was seen almost thirty years later courtesy of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s “Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Torch,” from the pages of 1963’s Fantastic Four Annual #1.
Prior to the Great Cataclysm, Atlantis had gone from a savage, brutalist land to a gleaming empire. When the conflict between the Deviants and their Celestial creators led to an all-out war, it kicked off the Great Cataclysm that resulted in Atlantis being wiped from the face of the Earth and relegated to the darkest depths of the sea. At least, that was what the characters of the Marvel Universe and their fans had been led to believe until Namor’s recent revelation regarding the role that Neptune played in the sinking of Atlantis.
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Also known as Poseidon Aegaeus, Stormbringer, Earthshaker, and a host of other names, the Olympian best known as Neptune was granted the title of God of the Seas following his and his siblings’ victory over the malevolent father Cronus and his fellow Titans. Over the years, Neptune has been involved in all manner of human affairs, yet he has remained a far more enigmatic figure than many of his Olympian brethren. Neptune has largely appeared in stories involving Namor, especially those in which the Olympian’s fabled Trident has a part of its own to play.
Namor #7 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics
