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| The story of Namor: The Submariner |
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| POSTED Wednesday, October 05, 2005 07:50:58 AM |
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Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Namor is Marvel Comics' oldest character, but unlike Superman or Batman, he has never been a pure hero who fought for what's best for us. He has often switched sides, both helping us against the Nazi's, and fighting against us when we polluted his underwater kingdom with waste.
Between the Golden Age and the Marvel Age, Namor was missing until Fantastic Four #4 where he was rediscovered, ironically, by the later version of the Human Torch. Namor between those eras had amnesia, and it wasn't until the Torch shaved off Namor's beard and threw him into the water, that he regained his memory. However, upon seeing the polluted wreckage that humanity had caused his underwater kingdom to become, Namor turned into one of Marvel's most feared villains. Today Namor has once again become a hero (more or less). He has even joined the ranks of the superhero team The Avengers for a short while.
Namor first appeared in a give-away comic called Motion Pictures Comic Weekly. This 8 page story about him was later expanded and re-printed in Marvel Comics #1. Namor has become a central impetus to some of Marvel Comics biggest happenings, particularly the revival of Captain America in the 1963 and another character known as Iron Fist in the 1991.
Namor the Sub-Mariner first appeared in 1939 in a giveaway called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly that was printed in black and white and handed out in movie theatres. When that idea fell through, creator Bill Everett turned to a fledgling Timely Comics, later to become Marvel Comics, and pitched his idea.
Namor had been born of the pairing of the Atlantean Emperor Thakorr's daughter, Fen, and an American sea captain, Leonard McKenzie, of the icebreaker Oracle. When Fen did not return, Thakorr sent soldiers to attack the Oracle, thinking her captured. In truth, McKenzie had taken her as his bride. In the ensuing attack, McKenzie was believed killed, and Fen returned to her Antarctic kingdom. Nine months later, a pink-skinned child was born among the blue-skinned Atlanteans.
Namor was to be Timely's first "hero". Everett's creation would, in time, go up against his friend Carl Burgos's (An automaton that resembles a human being) android (Click link for more info and facts about superhero) superhero, the (Click link for more info and facts about Human Torch) Human Torch, and eventually, as the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) US entered the (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) Second World War, against (German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)) and the (Click link for more info and facts about Axis Powers) Axis Powers.
Along with many other Marvel characters Namor disappeared following the end of WWII and the subsequent decline in popularity of super-hero comics. However, in the 1960s Namor re-surfaced in the pages of the (Click link for more info and facts about Fantastic Four) Fantastic Four where the new (Click link for more info and facts about Human Torch) Human Torch discovered him living as an (Partial or total loss of memory) amnesiac (Someone with no housing) homeless man in (One of the five boroughs of New York City) Manhattan. During this period Namor first starred in his own title The Sub-Mariner, which ran for more than 80 issues. The character has been revived at various times over the years, most recently by (Click link for more info and facts about John Byrne) John Byrne in the early 90s.
Namor has remained a constant for Atlas (now Marvel) Comics. Never really a hero or villain, he has matched himself against the Fantastic Four, the (Someone who takes vengeance) Avengers, (Click link for more info and facts about Doctor Doom) Doctor Doom, and many others, protecting his kingdom and seeking revenge on the surface world whenever it is threatened. Although he has served alongside, or even as a member of, several superhero teams most notably (Click link for more info and facts about The Defenders) The Defenders and (Click link for more info and facts about The Avengers) The Avengers he remains an outsider.
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