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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Namor also known as Sub-Mariner , Namor the First , Sealord , Imperious Rex , Prince Namor , King Of Atlantis , King Namor , The Avenging Son . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Namor, the Sub-Mariner is the hybrid king of Atlantis, both a hero and sometimes aggressor to the surface world.
Origin
Captain Leonard McKenzie was on an expedition in the 1920's to Antarctica, looking for the mystical Helmet of Power. The ship was stuck in ice floes, so McKenzie used dynamite to break them up, not knowing that Atlantis was directly below. The city was severely hurt, and the Atlantean Emperor Tha-Korr sent his daughter Princess Fen to investigate. She ended up finding the ship, surprising them with her blue skin, and staying for several weeks. Fen and McKenzie fell in love and married. But Tha-korr was worried and sent a war party for her. Thinking they held her captive, the war party killed everyone on the ship(except Fen). Nine months later, Fen had Namor, a hybrid between a human and an Atlantean.
He grew up with a nasty temper and hate for the surface world, and when Tha-korr found men in diving suits near Atlantis, Namor assumed it was the beginning of an invasion and attacked the surface world, fighting Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch. But when Nazis attacked Atlantis, he joined Captain America against them. After the war, a series of earthquakes rocked Atlantis, nearly destroying it and killing Tha-korr, Fen, and much of the population. He went up to the surface and found a member of his father's crew, who had found the Helmet of Power and was causing earthquakes. The helmet gave Namor amnesia, and he wandered around New York for a long time as a hobo. Eventually, Human Torch (the second, well-known one, Johnny Storm of Fantastic Four) found him and dropped him the harbor, giving him most of his memory. Namor assumed humans had destroyed Atlantis and went about warring with the surface world. He returned to Atlantis and became monarch and spent a long time as a Fantastic Four enemy, attacking the surface world to destroy the humans. Eventually, he made peace and started begrudgingly helping the surface. Although he spent most of his time as monarch of Atlantis, he helped the surface occasionally. He joined the Defenders and the Illuminati, although the latter recently disbanded. His only care in Civil War is the murder of the Atlantean Princess Namorita, who was killed by Nitro in the Stamford explosion. Namor ordered the capture of Nitro and with the help of Wolverine, Nitro became an "honorary guest" in an Atlantean prison. During the final battle of the Civil War, Namor help Captain America by leading an attack with several Atlantean warriors because of his opposition to the Super-Human Registration Act. Prior to the events of the World War Hulk, Namor is the only one who opposed the idea of exiling the Hulk for reasons that he will just come back and even angrier than before. When Namor discovered that he has a son named Kamar, who have stolen the kingdom from him and starting a war to the surface world. Because of this, Namor had to evacuate Atlantis and let his people live within the splinter cells, while leaving behind Nitro to destroy his kingdom along with Kamar. Namor then made a pact with Doctor Doom to let the Atlanteans to stay in his country of Latveria.
Personality
Namor was one of the original "hotheaded" characters in the Marvel cast of characters. He has been shown to act very impulsively and irrationally with a short temper. Other times he can be as civil as royal nobility. It has been mentioned in Namor, the Sub-Mariner that his extreme erratic behaviors are due to chemical imbalances in his body.
Powers
Sub-Mariner is very strong, able to lift about 100 tons while in contact with water. He has superhuman stamina and durability, but his powers slowly decrease as he spends time out of water. He can fly and survive indefinitely in water or on land. Although being deprived of water for long periods can make him ill and relatively weak, he once spent several years living as an amnesiac human in the Bowery region of New York after being mindwiped by Paul Destine. He can swim at torpedo-like speeds. He also has an extended lifespan being well over 80 years old, yet physically still in his prime.
He also has several abilities not often used such as his sonar sense and ability to generate electrical blasts. It is possible that these abilities have been retconned out of existence.
Mutant?
Namor is often said to be the first Marvel mutant which is true chronologically. He is not the oldest mutant though, there are several mutants older than him such as Selene and Apocalypse.
Namor's mutant power is the wings on his ankles, and possibly his greater degree of strength. All his other powers are a result of his human-Atlantean hybrid nature.
Alternate Realities
Earth-2194 Namora
Earth-2194
Main article: Namora
The Exiles version of Namora from Earth-2189 is actually that worlds counterpart of Namor, and has the same abilities as him.
Earth-295
In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Namor and the Atlanteans attempted to fight against Apocalypse's mission of world domination. Unfortunately, the underwater inhabitants were easily dealt with and Namor was killed.
Earth-1610
The Ultimate universe Namor was an Atlantean criminal imprisoned in a tomb for 9000 years. He seemed to be significantly stronger than his Earth-616 counterpart.
Earth-311
The 1602 counterpart of Namor is Numenor, Emperor of Bensaylum.
Earth-917
Earth-917 Namor was married to Invisible Woman and a member of Fantastic Five.
Earth-398
Earth-398 Namor was known as Sea Lord and was a member of the Queen's Vengeance.
Earth-982
In the MC2 universe, Namor's appearance is unchanged save for a goatee. It is revealed that he has Doctor Doom as a prisoner for ten years for destroying Atlantis. Doom eventually escaped and is last seen torturing Namor.
Earth-2149
Namor is now a zombie attacking Black Bolt. He was later killed by the Silver Surfer in the initial attack of the Marvel Zombies against the herald.
Earth-8311
In the Larval Universe, Namor became two animals, a dog named Kay-Mar the Sub-Merchandiser and possibly a wombat named the Sub-Marsupial. The latter is the golden age version on Namor.
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