DIrishB
The Timeline Guy
This was an ok issue, turned out better than the previews made me think it would.
Anyway, it starts with Namor jumping out of the water and Johnny immediately attacking him, as we saw in the preview. Namor ends up schooling his *** though and knocks him into one of the boats, which results in his flames igniting some stuff and exploding the boat. Namor then knocks Johnny through the boat, underwater, where Johnny can't breathe. Just in time Sue, Reed, and Ben show up and Sue saves Johnny by creating a forcefield around his head, filled with air (where she got the air from underwater is beyond me). Ben knocks out Namor and Prof. Storm rejoices in his kids being safe. We cut to the Baxter Building later on, where Namor is being held in restraints designed by Reed to hold the "most powerful meta-human on the planet", which turns out to possibly be Namor. Apparently from his 9,000 year nap his muscles atrophied a bit, so he wasn't up to full power when Ben knocked him out. Finally Namor speaks, surprising everyone, and relating that Atlantis was destroyed in a war with a place called Lemuria. Then Prof. Storm questions how he can speak English, saying that its barely a thousand years old (now I'm pretty sure the English language has been around since longer than 1000 AD, and was kind of surprised at this line). He then gives a bit more background on the Atlanteans, and says he'll share some of their ancient secrets, but only with one person...Sue (surprise, surprise). Reed mentions how Namor is hardly in a position to negotiate, and Namor responds by easily breaking out of the restraints. Ben and Johnny get ready to fight, but Namor explains he wasn't the one who started their last fight, Johnny was (and also makes a crack about Johnny's hair, which was my personal favorite part of the issue). Realizing they have no way to contain or control him, the FF give in to his demands about sharing his secrets only with Sue. Next we cut to Reed's lab, where we see some baby versions of Cap, Iron Man, and Thor (affectionatly dubbed the "Minimates", embryonic Ultimates grown in a petri dish, for what reason I don't know). Reed is working, and Mrs. Storm comes in. We get a look at a huge machine called the Fantastic Oh-Five (which will probably play a role next issue), and Mrs. Storm remarks about how Reed should be jealous of Namor's advances towards Sue. She then asks for his help in translating the Atlantean carvings, and mentions how she knows Reed's intelligence is growing every day as a result of the transportation accident. We cut to Central Park, where we see Sue and Namor conversing, being watched over by two huge machines...Ultimate HERBIEs (nice Ultimization I thought). Namor grabs Sue and flies her to Times Square, for some privacy from the HERBIEs. He then gets gropey, and Sue tells him to blow off and throws him into a truck with her powers. He freaks out and *****-slaps her, as the HERBIEs catch up to them. He tears them apart in short order, and we then cut back to Reed's lab where he is working on the translations and discovers Namor wasn't a Prince at all, but more likely a prisoner. The last page is of Namor holding Sue in a headlock.
To be continued...
An ok issue, I liked the HERBIE Ultimization and the crack about Johnny's hair, as well as the turn of events at the end, which nicely sets up next year's Ultimate Invasion mini. I'll give this one a 3/5.
Anyway, it starts with Namor jumping out of the water and Johnny immediately attacking him, as we saw in the preview. Namor ends up schooling his *** though and knocks him into one of the boats, which results in his flames igniting some stuff and exploding the boat. Namor then knocks Johnny through the boat, underwater, where Johnny can't breathe. Just in time Sue, Reed, and Ben show up and Sue saves Johnny by creating a forcefield around his head, filled with air (where she got the air from underwater is beyond me). Ben knocks out Namor and Prof. Storm rejoices in his kids being safe. We cut to the Baxter Building later on, where Namor is being held in restraints designed by Reed to hold the "most powerful meta-human on the planet", which turns out to possibly be Namor. Apparently from his 9,000 year nap his muscles atrophied a bit, so he wasn't up to full power when Ben knocked him out. Finally Namor speaks, surprising everyone, and relating that Atlantis was destroyed in a war with a place called Lemuria. Then Prof. Storm questions how he can speak English, saying that its barely a thousand years old (now I'm pretty sure the English language has been around since longer than 1000 AD, and was kind of surprised at this line). He then gives a bit more background on the Atlanteans, and says he'll share some of their ancient secrets, but only with one person...Sue (surprise, surprise). Reed mentions how Namor is hardly in a position to negotiate, and Namor responds by easily breaking out of the restraints. Ben and Johnny get ready to fight, but Namor explains he wasn't the one who started their last fight, Johnny was (and also makes a crack about Johnny's hair, which was my personal favorite part of the issue). Realizing they have no way to contain or control him, the FF give in to his demands about sharing his secrets only with Sue. Next we cut to Reed's lab, where we see some baby versions of Cap, Iron Man, and Thor (affectionatly dubbed the "Minimates", embryonic Ultimates grown in a petri dish, for what reason I don't know). Reed is working, and Mrs. Storm comes in. We get a look at a huge machine called the Fantastic Oh-Five (which will probably play a role next issue), and Mrs. Storm remarks about how Reed should be jealous of Namor's advances towards Sue. She then asks for his help in translating the Atlantean carvings, and mentions how she knows Reed's intelligence is growing every day as a result of the transportation accident. We cut to Central Park, where we see Sue and Namor conversing, being watched over by two huge machines...Ultimate HERBIEs (nice Ultimization I thought). Namor grabs Sue and flies her to Times Square, for some privacy from the HERBIEs. He then gets gropey, and Sue tells him to blow off and throws him into a truck with her powers. He freaks out and *****-slaps her, as the HERBIEs catch up to them. He tears them apart in short order, and we then cut back to Reed's lab where he is working on the translations and discovers Namor wasn't a Prince at all, but more likely a prisoner. The last page is of Namor holding Sue in a headlock.
To be continued...
An ok issue, I liked the HERBIE Ultimization and the crack about Johnny's hair, as well as the turn of events at the end, which nicely sets up next year's Ultimate Invasion mini. I'll give this one a 3/5.
