tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post6255581265577260308..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The Enemy Within!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-57233117191814101162016-07-29T19:59:49.011-04:002016-07-29T19:59:49.011-04:00George, I tend to cut Namor some slack here becaus...George, I tend to cut Namor some slack here because the closing scene seemed to be using him as a plot device to drive the Illuminati apart and stoke interest in the theme of <i>Secret Invasion</i>, just because he's the hot-tempered and impatient member of the group. It never occurs to all of them that the best way to keep an eye on one another is to work cooperatively on the Skrull detection method; driven apart as they are only gives a Skrull spy the opportunity to conduct his activities away from the scrutiny of the others. What's been served by separating?<br /><br />M.P., I think your assessment of the Iron Man/Sub-Mariner relationship is about as good as any. I still remember the <a href="http://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2012/08/marvel-team-up.html" rel="nofollow">knock-down drag-out between the two</a> that had Iron Man exclaiming in surprise how Namor was his equal even without armor or weapons--as if that <i>simply shouldn't be</i>. It's always been a natural clash between the two--technological might vs. sheer, raw power--with perhaps only Iron Man feeling the need to prove the more reliable and superior of the two.<br /><br />Rick, keep an eye out for a future post that will examine a little more closely the transition point between the Marvel that readers still found interesting and the "dark dreary stuff" that many perhaps still shake their heads sadly at to this day.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-83108210565505034222016-07-29T15:16:14.033-04:002016-07-29T15:16:14.033-04:00I did think it was interesting how badly Namor and...I did think it was interesting how badly Namor and Iron Man got along. There was an intense dislike between those two, going all the way back to the beginning of the Avengers, and as often as not their encounters ended in fisticuffs.<br />Maybe it was because they were both control freaks, or at least Stark was, and Namor, being royalty, didn't dig that at all. I think he viewed Stark as an upstart in a tin suit, and relished cracking it open every chance he could get.<br />I have to admit I always rooted for Subby in these clashes, I dunno why!<br />He was definitely the most interesting character in THIS comic.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-81165331025259574822016-07-29T11:25:48.460-04:002016-07-29T11:25:48.460-04:00I've never read this stuff. Never read Civil W...I've never read this stuff. Never read Civil War. This is the dark, dreary kind of stuff that drove me out of Marvel Comics. Nice artwork, though.<br />Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776319124404270030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-22654763074280476852016-07-29T07:25:21.253-04:002016-07-29T07:25:21.253-04:00Can I just say how much I loathed this event, even...Can I just say how much I <i>loathed</i> this event, even moreso than Civil War? Magically undetectable Skrulls driven by some kind of scriptural prophecy: if it wasn't a deliberate analogy of Islamic terrorism, then it sure did a good job of being so by accident. Never mind that it ended up putting known lunatic and criminal Norman Osborn in charge, because <i>reasons</i>... aargh. Let me just point out some silliness here. <br /><br />Namor: "I don't trust any of you!"<br /><br />Um, Namor... Stark and Strange <i>just saved your life,</i> so they're probably legit... plus, Xavier could have easily caused the Awesome Facial Hair Bros to fail, just by not linking their minds, so he's legit too... plus, why would the Skrulls have more than one plant in the Illuminati if they just tried to kill them?<br /><br />...yeah, Namor isn't very bright.George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.com