On their quest to recover Namor’s stolen body, Namor (in Rick Jones’ body), the incredible Hulk, and Doctor Strange arrive at the Pan-Dimensional Publishing Building to confront the source of the demonic encounters. All seems quiet until Hulk discovers the mangled hat of a security guard. They enter the building stealthily and split up to search the building. Almost immediately Dr. Strange encounters a demonized nurse and Hulk and Namor battle a monstrous bodybuilder. Namor, forgetting that he doesn’t have his normal powers in Rick Jones’ body, attacks the gigantic foe and is slapped through a wall and trapped under rubble in a swimming pool. As he’s about to drown, King Neptune appears to him and, to aid Namor in his fight against Neptune’s ancient enemy, grants him the ability to draw strength from water. The newly powered Namor knocks out the demon and together he and Hulk rescue Dr. Strange. Shanzar the Sorcerer, inhabiting Namor’s body, appears to taunt his enemies and explain his plan to aid a disembodied Elder Being, the Wild One, by preparing a body for him to inhabit when he returns to this world. Shanzar then strikes Namor unconscious and takes his body through the dark doorway. Hulk pursues and finds himself plummeting to the street below. As Hulk and Dr. Strange plan their next move, the Silver Surfer joins them.
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Story #2The Gift
Writer:
Ron Marz.
Penciler:
Ron Lim.
Inker:
Terry Austin.
Colorist:
Kelly Corvese.
Letterer:
Michael Higgins.
Synopsis
1943, on the Irish coast: Namor
visits a castle where his love Siobhan resides. He has come to present her with
a heefa fish, a genetically engineered creature that can only be owned by the
Atlantean royal family, this one in a glass bowl created by a famous
glassworker 400 years ago. But she declines the gift, claiming it is too
valuable. She is then compelled to admit that, with Namor’s visits so erratic,
she found herself another suitor…Baron Blood. The vampire lord steps out of the
shadows and Namor attacks him but Blood is too strong for him. As Baron Blood
tries to bite his neck and kill him, Namor twists his foe’s head around,
breaking his neck. In shock, Siobhan drops the glass bowl containing the heefa
fish and it shatters. But the undead lord is bale to repair himself; Siobhan
pours out her frustration with Namor as her lover and she sees Blood as a
chance at everlasting life and true companionship. Namor spits out his
bitterness and departs. Baron Blood feasts on Siobhan’s blood as the heefa fish
dies….
Story #3Good Girl
Writer:
Ron Marz.
Penciler/Inker:
Tom Raney.
Colorist:
Gina Going.
Letterer:
Ed Lazarelli.
Synopsis
Namorita takes the newly
rejuvenated Spitfire out shopping but Jackie finds modern fashion is not to her
liking, which frustrates the more enthusiastic Nita. They are approached by
photographer Clive Slipperly who claims he can make Jacqueline Falsworth the
world’s top model. Jackie is reluctant but Nita talks her into it….
Jackie shows up at Slipperly’s
studio where she balks at the revealing lingerie and swimsuits he wants her to
wear. He persuades her to just try it and Jackie grows more comfortable over
the course of the session…and then he asks her to pose in the nude. She refuses
and he tries to tear her swimsuit off so she delivers him a beating and walks
out, threatening to sue if any of her photos are published. Slipperly has an
ace up his sleeve: Spitfire’s assault on him was photographed and he can sue
her over it. But when he develops the photos he discovers that she moved so
quickly that her image did not show up on film, ending his big scheme.
Story #4Namor’s Top Ten Villains
Writer:
George Caragonne.
Penciler:
Larry Alexander.
Inker:
Don Hudson.
Colorist:
Ariane Lenshoek.
Letterer:
Don Hudson.
Synopsis
Carrie Alexander creates a catalog
of Namor’s greatest enemies, counting down: Llyra, Doctor Dorcas, Plant Man,
Headhunter, Master Man and Warrior Woman, Master Khan, Tiger Shark, Warlord
Krang, Attuma, the Marrs Twins.
Characters
Good (or All)
Carrie Alexander.