Villains in Action

"Interestingly enough, President Ellis had just announced that he acknowledged our government's horrific actions during the Vietnam War, and now he was about to repeat them himself."

J. Jonah Jameson reported on it without restraint, even putting together a special report titled "Atlantis: Who Is Supporting Roxxon?"

J. Jonah laid out every link in the chain of logic behind the incident so far. It began when Roxxon Energy Corporation obtained a drilling permit for an offshore oil platform from the United States government and then headed into the Atlantic.

But in reality, the place Roxxon Corporation had solemnly guaranteed was "a rich oil field" was an Atlantean city. And after Roxxon learned that fact, not only did it refuse to stop, it colluded with Atlantis's internal opposition and started a civil war.

More importantly, why had the White House shown no reaction to this fact? They already knew there was no oil whatsoever in that extraction zone, yet they still tacitly allowed the war and did not revoke Roxxon Energy Corporation's permit to drill for oil in land where there was, in fact, no oil. What happened next was even more baffling.

"How could an energy giant intervene in a civil war within an underwater kingdom and support the rebels? By selling oil to underwater people? I can't imagine any engine starting underwater. Or had Roxxon been nothing more than a tool from the beginning, while our brave Navy and intelligence agencies were already preparing to control the entire world beneath the sea?"

JJJ's usual objective and neutral attitude—except when Spider-Man was involved—along with intelligence and footage leaked by "anonymous sources," made the whole thing seem extremely real. And when Loki's involvement was exposed, the situation became even more serious.

"Whether the White House knew or not, they now had