Review of
Sub-Mariner (1968) #15
Published:
July 1969
Reviewer Rating:
Avg User Rating:
(2.52)
6/10 - Namor the Caped Crusader
The best part is the excellent Marie Severin's artwork, which delivers great faces and poses and is the reason for a higher rating than the story alone deserves.
Regarding the story, if you let yourself be carried away by the silliness, it can be enjoyable. This series is full of characters with a worrying deficiency in applying logical thought, and this issue is an excellent example. Lady Dorma's main goal is basically to let herself be taken captive and be rescued every few issues. Atlanteans constantly kicking Namor out of Atlantis, just to warmly welcome him shortly after, is worthy of study. Diane letting herself be involved in Dr. Dorcas's mad plan, after their recent past, is another story to be studied alone.
The creator of Dragon Man letting Dr. Dorcas convince him to hold Lady Dorma prisoner at his workspace is hilarious and only surpassed by him taking Dragon Man back to the university after the chaos of Fantastic Four #35. Dragon Man is a character with whom you can easily empathize; the poor robot is always being used by evil characters, despite its neutral nature.
The best part is the excellent Marie Severin's artwork, which delivers great faces and poses and is the reason for a higher rating than the story alone deserves.
Regarding the story, if you let yourself be carried away by the silliness, it can be enjoyable. This series is full of characters with a worrying deficiency in applying logical thought, and this issue is an excellent example. Lady Dorma's main goal is basically to let herself be taken captive and be rescued every few issues. Atlanteans constantly kicking Namor out of Atlantis, just to warmly welcome him shortly after, is worthy of study. Diane letting herself be involved in Dr. Dorcas's mad plan, after their recent past, is another story to be studied alone.
The creator of Dragon Man letting Dr. Dorcas convince him to hold Lady Dorma prisoner at his workspace is hilarious and only surpassed by him taking Dragon Man back to the university after the chaos of Fantastic Four #35. Dragon Man is a character with whom you can easily empathize; the poor robot is always being used by evil characters, despite its neutral nature.
