I was not wrong, it seems. By the end of today's issue, both Marrina and Namor are no longer concerns in the annals of the Avengers. I think this is a good thing - there's a problem with characters that have to connect with the water on a regular basis. It really limits the possibilities for storytelling - either you're in a place where the character can be in the water, which generally sucks for the rest of the team, or there's no water and the character is incapacitated almost immediately.
I haven't been particularly impressed with this run on the series so far. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's issue, in that it seems to be veering into more familiar Simonson territory, which hopefully will not only remove the clunkiness of the story, but also the clunkiness of the dialogue. I can see the hyperbolic speech patterns as stylistic choices, but it's a jarring shift from the more realistic tones of Stern's run, especially bearing in mind the continuance of the art style. And in following Macchio's horrendous dialogue, Simonson's is just looking too pedestrian and cartoony.
*sigh* Will I never be satisfied?
What I do like about this arc is the suggestion that Marrina's transformation is resonant with the idea of the Leviathan in the Bible. As my comments on the Avengers/Olympus conflict noted, I do enjoy the ways that ancient or traditional myths are reiterated or reinvigorated by the superheroic myth. For myself, I would have liked to see even more explicit linkage
To be continued.
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