I like how Namor has not changed his position literally in the villain parody version of the first issue and Maximus is in the position Black Bolt held since he likes to think he can be a king just like him. Black Swan in Richard's place makes sense since they've been competing mentally constantly. No planet looming in the background which suggests the incursions may stop with the Cabal involved.
There are lots of parallels in this arc, from the "It matters" repetition by Reed to reassure BP after BP said it in issue 15, BP saying he'd do what what must be done to his father in regards to protecting Wakanda and killing Namor, only for Namor to do what BP wouldn't do when his father demanded it, BP and Black Knight being kind of like African/American parallels of each other, Strange using the demon bound to his soul in him from the annual to tap into even darker arts which explains why he couldn't sell it since it's already basically shared property... there's a lot of good stuff here that will probably read better in a TPB format. I wonder if Reed's diminishing intellect has anything to do with his destiny being bound to BP's after he got re-powered as a King Of The Dead since BP didn't kill the other planet.