Breaking up is hard to do. It's cool that Everett includes this shot of the crew on the imperiled ship, making sure there's a human element to a page that's all long shots otherwise- particularly important since the crew's lives are what the drama of the story revolves around
The MOST iconic Namor expression, and our first front-facing close up. Everett's original recipe Sub-Mariner is obviously my favorite version - a super buff Slytherin with a noble heart, when he remembers he has one.
The way Everett gives this murky texture to the underwater scenes is really impressive... I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the way he did this is by quickly scratching a razor blade across the finished inks. The CAJONES. That's the confidence of 30+ years experience for ya.
In panels like this, Everett's compositions pick up an almost Fletcher Hanks-type energy - simple visual elements arranged in an unnatural, vaguely surreal way. It's weird and I'm very into it.
The panel that made me buy the issue! Everett has a strong sense of how much space he has to work with and what moments to spend it on. Entering this cave marks a shift in the story from adventure/mystery to creature feature/sci-fi horror, and this big, lonely panel signals that.
