Hickman (w) and K. Walker (a) and F. Martin (c) and Caramagna (l)
The Illuminati have done the unthinkable as Namor has used their bomb to destroy and incurring Earth. They take a moment to examine the men they've become with Namor as unsympathetic and cold as ever, which sends Black Panther into a rage over the decision Namor made and therefore took from him. The two fight hand-to-hand before Reed pulls them apart but Namor then reveals that he had sold Wakanda out to Thanos, leading to another rage from T'Challa, only stopped when the Hulk separates them. The team heads in its separate directions but they'll be pulled together sooner rather than later as another incursion is coming in just under eight hours.The fight we've been waiting for between Black Panther and Namor has finally come as Panther reels from his very recent disowning and the bomb going off in the hands of his new sworn enemy. Unfortunately, it maybe falls a little flat at the hands of Kev Walker, who I typically like well enough and have really liked on AVENGERS ARENA and AVENGERS UNDERCOVER. I don't know, maybe it's that this book has set itself up as something so grand and cinematic and Walker's style doesn't really carry the sort of weight that original series artist Steve Epting established as the norm. So instead, the art becomes almost a distraction. Still, the issue is big for the book as the terms of what they're doing have changed a bit with the first actual instance of destroying a thriving world. I also appreciate Hickman's built-in tension builder (used a-plenty in this series already) of showing that an incursion is once again coming to end an issue.
Total Score: 3/5
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