MARC SILVESTRI 1983 WHAT IF #41 NAMOR THE SUBMARINER ORIGINAL ART PAGE 27

A great page from the classic What If #41, from the first series published by Marvel Comics in 1983. The cover was titled "What If Sub-Mariner Had Saved Atlantis from Its... Destiny?", while inside, the story was titled "What If... Destiny Had Not Destroyed Atlantis?" sooo.... it's definitely a story about Namor, Atlantis, and Destiny. This is Pg. 27, and is a great page with artwork by the brilliant Marc Silvestri. Silvestri is a legendary Modern Age artist, known for classic work on so many characters and titles, including Wolverine, Uncanny X-Men, Cyber Force, The Darkness, Witchblade, Spawn, Conan the Barbarian, Batman, and so many others for Marvel, DC, Top Cow, and Image Comics. This is some of his classic earlier work, and the page features great images of Namor in almost every panel.

Anyway, in the story, it reverses the established fact that a villainous madman named Destiny destroyed Atlantis (spoiler alert). Which makes sense, because honestly, that's just crazy, to think that one lunatic could attain great power and then decide to wage war and wind up destroying a powerful civilization with great accomplishments, which was built up over many generations. I mean, that's just sil..., uh... that's preposterous. Could definitely never happen in real life. Never. Uh-uh. Nope. No way. Comic books are so ridiculous sometimes.