Synopsis
Sub-Mariner: Revolution #1 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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Iron Man and Maria Hill are in a SHIELD submarine craft overlooking a totally destroyed Atlantis. We see a skeleton sitting on the Atlantean throne in Sub-Mariner's current costume.
8 days ago Atlantean terrorists blow up the small town of Bentonville, Kansas. Tony Stark, Hill and SHIELD survey that wreckage too. They find a man murdered earlier on the outskirts, with 'gills' carved in his neck and Atlantean DNA in the wound.
In Atlantis 1 of his counsellors Banara warns Namor that his people are concerned about him continually involving them in Surface World affairs. As if to prove his words, Subby is called away to take a call from Stark. The Prince of Atlantis denies all knowledge about the attack, and says he'll deal with the perpetrators. IM says the US military don't trust him since he led his troops to aid the Resistance in the Civil War.
For some reason Namor suspects the involvement their prisoner Nitro, who caused the Civil War by blowing up Stamford (and in the process killing Sub-Mariner's relative Namorita). But the villain points out that he's stuck here in jail.
Namor consults his council. They say that their 12 sleeper cells in the US are all accounted for, but there is a rumour of a secret 13th cell. He demands to know who authorised that. No-one will admit to any knowledge, but 1 guy Timoran brazenly stares him in the eye.
The US military are gung ho for war with Atlantis, while Stark tries to calm them down. They raise the subject of the Atlantean sleeper cells, 1 of which was uncovered in CW: Front Line. Plus the blast pattern in Bentonville is similar to Nitro's explosion in Stamford, and they know that Nitro is in Atlantis. Stark is forced to concede, but insists that his SHIELD forces are used, and he'll accompany them to try to talk sense into Namor.
Sub-Mariner confronts Timoran when they're alone. Timoran admits to being involved on the plot, but says they intend to return Atlantis to its former glory. They fight, and Namor kills him as a traitor.
The Prince then communicates with a remote ally who has spies within SHIELD. He learns that Iron Man and SHIELD are on their way to demand Atlantis' surrender. But Namor determines to go to the Surface World to bring the 13th cell to justice himself. And he dons his battle armour.