>This summer, the secrets of Atlantis will be laid bare.
>In NAMOR, a new eight-issue series from writer Jason Aaron and artists Paul Davidson and Alex Lins, the ancient underwater kingdom has found itself without its king and protector. In that vacuum, several would-be kings vie for the throne, while the mighty Namor languishes in a prison cell on the surface with no intention of returning to the sea ever again. Discover the events that shaped this antihero and how they chart the future of his kingdom with "The Last King of Atlantis" this July!
>Speaking to Marvel.com, Aaron revealed the scope of NAMOR, which spans the "intimate portrayal" of Sub-Mariner's past to the great cataclysm that sunk Atlantis. He promised to explore the "various exotic cultures" of Atlantis and compared this story to his previous work on PUNISHER: KING OF KILLERS and THOR: GOD OF THUNDER. He also teased some familiar faces, new friends and foes, and so much more.
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>MARVEL.COM: Namor is a lot of things: king, mutant, Atlantean, hero, villain—the list goes on. What, in your opinion, is the quintessential element that every Namor story needs in order to be authentic to the character?
JASON AARON: I think a good Namor story needs a little bit of most all that, because he's walked a lot of different paths over the course of his long, violent life. He's always been a guy who has wavered back and forth between outright hero and outright villain, while spending a lot of time floating around somewhere in the middle. And all of that has left him in a very dark place, locked in a surface world prison, praying he never has to set foot in the seas again. That's where our story begins.
>MARVEL.COM: "Last King of Atlantis" finds Namor as a literal fish out of water. How does this set the stage for what's to come in NAMOR?
JASON AARON: With no king to rule Atlantis, the realms of the deep have fallen into chaos and tribal warfare. Seven would-be kings are now vying for the throne, some of them characters we know, some of them all-new and hailing from corners of the undersea world as yet unexplored.
>Jason Aaron
dropped
His Batman off world and action comics were boring as frick and his marvel work for the past decade has been nothing but shitpost, middle finger to his own daddy material.
Can’t this guy just get hit by a bus already?
>MARVEL.COM: What interested you the most about exploring the politics of Namor's (former) underwater kingdom?
JASON AARON: For a long time now, I've wanted to do a Namor story like this, something that's very much a dark exploration of one of truest antiheroes, while also serving as a roadmap and a redefinition of the entire undersea world. In the same way I used THE WAR OF THE REALMS to explore the various lands and denizens of Thor's particular corner of the Marvel landscape, this book is meant to guide us through the various exotic cultures and wondrous locales of the deep sea kingdoms in a way we've never seen before.
>MARVEL.COM: Aside from Namor, what other familiar faces might we encounter in this series?
JASON AARON: You can expect some faces from Namor's past, plus a bunch of new friends and foes.
so it's Aaron's Punisher run but for Namor?
it's going to be shit
>MARVEL.COM: In a universe that spans cataclysms at the furthest reaches of the galaxy to the most personal battles on the streets of New York, where does "Last King of Atlantis" stand?
JASON AARON: This is the most epic war story in the history of Atlantis, but also a very visceral and intimate portrayal of the darkest events that have shaped Namor over the course of his long, troubled life.
>MARVEL.COM: What do Paul Davidson and Alex Lins bring to the series? Tell me a little about working with them.
JASON AARON: Both are stellar artists handling different aspects of the story. Paul is drawing the present day scenes, while Alex tackles flashbacks to various periods from throughout Namor's life. It's the same sort of breakdown we had on my most recent PUNISHER series, which I think worked to great effect.
I feel like this NAMOR series captures some of the same tone and feel I was going for there. In some ways, I would call NAMOR a combination of both PUNISHER: KING OF KILLERS and my work on THOR: GOD OF THUNDER. I even broke out my old Thor notebook, which I haven't used since I finished KING THOR, to use for notes and ideas for this new NAMOR project.
>MARVEL.COM: What are you most excited for readers to see?
JASON AARON: Namor's prison life. The Crimson Swim. The Secret Seas. The War Reef and the Elder Whales. And the true story of the great cataclysm that first sunk Atlantis.
>Behold the secrets of Atlantis in NAMOR #1, on sale July 17!
SOURCE: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/namor-last-king-of-atlantis-jason-aaron-interview
Why would anyone want to read this let alone pay for it?
Jason Aaron threatening to reveal THE SECRETS about a superhero you like should be construed as a personally targeted psyop.
Why does Marvel still employ Aaron? I have to assume the answer is because the neposhit hiring practices mean nobody who can actually write wants to work for the funny picture companies.
I guess I’ll check it out to see if Llyra is in it.
>finally get a new Namor title
>it's by Jason Aaron
The world would be a better place if Jason Aaron’s father wasn’t a degenerate homosexual who abused his son. This is what we’re subjected to because of that old crotchety wienersucker.
I spent money on the Namor mini written by Cantwell, but I won't buy that one. I hope it flops terribly, it's better to be in limbo than in the hands of Jason Aaro.
im surprised Aaron even get books any more i thought he quite big superhero comics after his bad Avengers run
He’s clearly got a relatively powerful literary agent.
He's still a big industry name which means he'll get work unless he gets canceled.
>This summer, the secrets of Atlantis will be laid bare
Batman did it. This is why it's Detective Chads and Marvel...that they remained afloat this long.
>Game of Thrones but...UNDERWATER!
I'll pass.
Place your bets on which character becomes other character? Free space is Namorita becoming Namora because Aaron thinks they're the same character. Maybe Aaron remembers that Watersnake exists and she becomes Attuma.
Namor is replaced by native Mexican replacement
That's not how Aaron works bro. His entire thing is making characters into other characters like What if Jane was Thor or What if She-Hulk was Hulk or most recently What if Punisher was Daredevil.
This is pretty much Demon in a Bottle, but for Namor.
I really like Namor, lame that this is written by a complete hack.
what’s wrong with his toes? (don’t ask why i was looking down there)
I have an evergreen Namor pitch but I could use it for Aquaman too
Remember when everyone loved Jason Aaron. Wolverine, Black Panther, Thor, Ghost Rider...
His Thor and ghost rider were awful though
>b-b-but god butcher!!
No.
This. People only liked it because it leaned hard into the THOR IS THE STRONGEST and for the shock value of what Gorr did along the way, but objectively speaking it was total shit.
Jason Aaron's Thor is shit, he had to have like 6 number 1s to maintain himself.
Sounds interesting enough to check out. I forgot about that Cantwell series. I love Namor, what an butthole
It's really weird. Like he's written some bad stuff but he's mostly fine. I guess they're still mad about Jane Thor?
I haven't read anything Aaron related. What makes his writing so bad?