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Namor is back underwater, ruling Atlantis with wings on his ankles, so it’s time to go back to war with the surface world. He fights War Machine after a Stark submarine crashes near Atlantis.
At this point, it’s just bizarre that Namor keeps fighting and that surface world heroes (or civilian government leaders) don’t have ongoing diplomatic relations instead. I mean, the dude was a corporate leader for the past 40 issues. I know the theory of DC/Marvel is to have a baseline status quo where their heroes return to, so that they can keep telling stories for 50+ years. And I really don’t have a problem with that. But shouldn’t be the same exact story, and there can be some kind of learning/character development.
But not, apparently, in the 1990s, which is the worst time for Marvel except maybe for the 2010s.
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Oh, wait. There is some learning. See how Namor figures out there are two armored heroes now?
Was Namor possessed by a demon or something? His appearance is pretty rough looking.