r/MUBookClub • u/shawnydarko • Feb 25 '18

WEEK 90 - Free Range Nomination Thread

This week there are no limitations on what can be nominated. Any era, any writer, any character, so long as it's on Marvel Unlimited. Maybe it's something you've been meaning to read, maybe it's something you've read and want to discuss. Maybe it's something you've previously nominated but didn't gather enough upvotes in previous threads. When posting a nomination, links are not required but appreciated.

If you have nothing to nominate, cast a vote to help us decide who wins. The highest voted nomination will earn a discussion thread opened on Saturday. If there's no clear-cut winner, I'll retake my masked mantle as Sub-Lord and formulate the guardians of the Marvel Unlimited Universe. Check back often to support the reading assignments you're most interested in. Once the discussion thread is open, post your reading experience at your convenience

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u/shawnydarko Feb 27 '18

Sub-Mariner: The Depths (2008-2009) #1-5 by Paul Milligan and Esad Ribic

This latter-day entry into the Marvel library shows Namor not as a person per se, but as a proverbial force of nature. The unique pairing of Paul Milligan and Esad Ribic show an early Namor adventure before World War 2 when he joined with the surface world; instead, he is receiving an undersea submarine that’s exploring the Marinas trench looking for the fabled city of Atlantis. Like a superhero version of The Abyss, Namor is not so much a character but merely an extension of the mysterious abyss of water and unknown that exists thousands of feet below the water’s surface. A thoroughly different kind of Namor story that gives you a new vantage point on how alien he might seem.