Namor, King of Atlantis and enemy of the surface. He has ruled, he has fallen, and he has paid for his crimes. But in his absence, there is a war brewing for the seat of Atlantis and a monstrous new player attempting to claim their place as king. In the ocean’s darkest depths, the Beast King has summoned Namor to show the Atlantean the hypocrisy of his ways.
Namor #4- by Jason Aaron, Paul Davidson, & Alex Lins - is the next upcoming chapter in Namor’s reluctant journey to return to his home while his once thriving kingdom falls into ruin. Reflecting on his wrathful past,Namor is trying to make amendswith the sea and its creatures that he has spent his lifetime scoffing at.
For all that Namor has condemned surface-dwellers for, he too must face the reality of his mistreatment of the creatures of the deep. Dragged further than even he dared explore, Namor comes face-to-face withthe undersea King of the Beasts.
The King of the Depths Calls Namor Out on His Hypocrisy
Namor #4 -Written by Jason Aaron; Art by Paul Davidson & Alex Lins; Color by Neeraj Menon; Lettering by VC’s Joe Caramagna; Cover Art by Alexander Lozano
Swallowed into the gullet of an Elder Whale, pulled from his conflict with Kailani, an old friend turned usurper, Namor travels into the ocean’s depths where light does not reach. Past impenetrable walls of jellyfish, ancient krakens, and into the point where all oceans meet, Namor discovers a new contender in theWar of the Seven Kings. The Beast King, amonstrous humanoid amalgamate of coraland seaweed, calls the once-king an ignorant tumor, destined to fall. Namor is taken aback, admitting that even he wasunaware of the sea’s lowest kingdom.
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Jason Aaron is at the helm of Namor’s latest adventure, pitting the sub-mariner against seven kings who are ready to usurp his royal throne.
The Beast King persists, saying“I speak for all the creatures of the sea too long denied a voice.”For the entirety ofNamor’s rule as king, he has scoffed at the land-dwellers for callously mistreating the ocean’s people. Throughout the character’s entire existence, he’s been defined by his searing hate for the ignorant irresponsibility that the above-world has subjected the denizens of the sea to, and the Beast King calls Namor out for his laughable hypocrisy. Namor is forced to face the idea thathe has forced the land-dwellers' cruelty onto the creatures of the seabelow the sea.
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The Beast King quickly proveshow little Namor truly understandsabout the ocean, that he is a false king from the land that he so often condemns. Practically mimicking every war-cry Namor has ever damned the land-walkers to, the Beast King pushes forward.“You hunt us. You enslave us as yourwar machines.No longer, say we, the Beasts.”Namor has always assumed his path was the only one. Endorsed by the Seafather, the Olympian god Neptune, Namor believed his rule was infallible. Already humbled by those on land,Namornow has to recognize his failures to the sea.
