It's interesting to read Fantastic Four #147 in hindsight, since we already know what Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is up to when he makes a blatantly aggressive move against the FF. And if you aren't aware of what he's up to, I'll withhold those details for now. (But hold that thought.) We'll just proceed as if you're laying eyes on it for the first time.
To bring everyone up to speed, however, here's how things break down:
- As far as the FF know, Reed's estranged wife, Sue, has taken her son, Franklin, and retreated to a ranch owned by her friends, Bob and Carol Linders.
- Johnny, Ben, and Medusa have just returned from a (heh heh) chilling encounter with Ternak.
- In their absence, Reed has been served with divorce papers from said estranged wife.
It's a heck of a time for the Sub-Mariner to stir up trouble, but it looks like that's clearly what the issue's splash page is trying to convey.
I'd pay good money to actually hear Medusa try to whistle "I Wish I Was In Dixie," but something tells me traditional southern folk music never made its way to the Himalayas.
At any rate, the news serves as the catalyst for the hostilities that will break out later between Namor and the FF--because though all three of the new arrivals react to the depressing development which has Reed slumped in a chair, only one of them moves to do something about it.
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