346. Namor the Sub Mariner (80s) #3 ... Marvel ...

Look at that cover! Now that is a cover that conveys power!

And that is precisely how this issue starts - full of energy and action and the suspense goes on and on until the final page leaving us to wonder how they are going to wrap this up in just one more issue. I will be honest and admit that as a 12-year-old reading this for the first time ... wow ... it made a good impression on me regards Namor ... he may be arrogant (hey he is a royal born and king of Atlantis) ... but doesn't he have a right to be so?

Anyway for those who have yet to read issues 1 and 2 ... at this time of the tale, Namor is still king of all Atlantis. However, as a person who has a human father and Atlantean mother, Namor decided that it is time for Atlantis to take part on the world stage instead of living hidden away beneath the waves or to come out only for attacks

To this end, he pursued and petitioned through the UN. And the UN attached someone to his case a lady named Jacqueline who actually managed to capture Namor's heart although this is possibly not as difficult as one may imagine as Namor always seemed to melt for human ladies who is blond hehehe!

Anyway, while all this is ongoing, there are problems in his kingdom with some factions thinking he doesn't care about them and more about the surface world. And when problems come and the king is not around, well, this is an opening for politicians and the politicians of Atlantis are no less sharp as their counterparts from the surface world above

But what's a super powered protagonist without a super powered villain? And here the mystery deepens. In the first two issues, each time, Namor encounters something from out of legends. Here is no different. Two giant blue men came out of the depths to assault him and leave him among the rubble and to Namor's swirling thoughts, they most seemed like the old Twins ... from Lord Neptune's era ... but how is that possible?

And who is that mystery figure in darkness that is yet to be revealed?

What will Namor's final fates be?

Ratings: 8/10