Eight months after the formation of the Cabal, Namor visits Doctor Doom, telling him all that has happened with the Illuminati, the Cabal and the Incursions. He declares the Cabal to be "unmanageable." Namor had at first considered them a necessary evil, since the Illuminati were unwilling to do what needed to be done to save the universe, but states that he has grown tired of the Cabal relishing in the slaughter, staying behind on the other Earth to fight and kill instead of merely planting the bomb and departing. He states that they have begun to sense his hesitation, and tells Doctor Doom that he needs him, believing that together the two of them might stand against the Cabal and do only what needed to be done, no more, no less. Doom rejects his offer, saying that he should have come to him first rather than freeing the Cabal, dismissing Namor.

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