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'''Prince Namor The Sub-Mariner''' is a [[Marvel Comics]] character. He's an aquatic, [[Flying Brick|superstrong]] [[Anti -Hero]] who rules the [[Marvel Universe]]'s version of [[Atlantis]]. He should not be confused with a "submariner" which is a person who crews submarines (though he has fought some of those!)
 
Namor first appeared in ''"Motion Picture Funnies Weekly''" #1 (April, 1939), created by Bill Everett. The magazine was a one-shot publication by Funnies Inc. The character was then offered to publisher Martin Goodman, who was about to launch his first comic book magazine. Namor made his second appearance in ''"Marvel Comics''" #1 (October, 1939), the very first publication of [[Marvel Comics|Timely Comics]]. He quickly became one of the most popular characters in Timely's stable.
 
The character has had occasional billing as "Marvel's First Mutant" (although in the chronology of the 616 timeline the title is just as often give to Apocalypse). Namor McKenzie is a [[Half -Human Hybrid]], the son of American ship captain Leonard McKenzie and Princess Fen of Atlantis; however since this romance was forbidden by her people, Fen had to raise Namor (who was born with pink skin, unlike the normally blue-skinned Atlanteans) away from the surface world.
 
Given to self-righteous rages, Namor attacked New York City, blaming humans for damage that Atlantis had suffered. This led to [[Let's You and Him Fight|the first comic book superhero battle]] between him and the Human Torch. Fortunately, Namor had a weakness for beautiful, noble women. [[Fair Cop]] Betty Dean convinced him to halt his attacks. In addition, he eventually realized that it was the Nazis who were the true menace and ended up joining a team (The Invaders, which included both the Human Torch and [[Captain America]], among others) in order to battle them. This group would be renamed the ''All-Winners Squad'' after the war. (Note that this is a [[Retcon]]; the AWS did have their own short-lived series in 1946, but it was writer Roy Thomas in the [[The Seventies|1970s]] who established that they had been The Invaders previously; they did star in their own series then.) He had a companion in his cousin, [[Distaff Counterpart|Namora]].
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A part-mutant and part Atlantean who oined the X-Men when he betrayed Norman Osborn and the Dark X-Men.
 
* [[Animal -Themed Superbeing]]: Namor used to have the ability to mimic any aquatic life, fitting him into this trope. That is no longer the case since the power has been long forgotten.
* [[Anti -Hero]]/[[Anti -Villain]]: Type III to V [[Depending On the Writer]] - Retconned as a chemically induced fictional mood imbalance (bipolar disorder doesn't work like that) during Byrne's run on Namor's own book.
** He is a member of the Illuminati (a council of powerful heroes which includes Professor X, Iron Man, Reed Richards, and Doctor Strange) and the Cabal (its villainous counterpart). He claims he doesn't see the difference.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: And we do mean [http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=4074&page=3 anything]
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* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Had a brief relationship with Emma Frost while she was with the Hellfire Club. This is a [[Retcon]] written after her [[Heel Face Turn]] (and set between his [[Face Heel Turn]] and his [[Heel Face Turn]] - in other words, they were both villains when it happened and both heroes when it "came to light"). A better example might be his romantic tension with Sue Storm/Richards of the [[Fantastic Four]] back when he was a villain.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Namor used to have powers based on sea creatures like the puffer fish and the electric eel. The power to control and redirect electricity is the only artifact left over from this period.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Spinning]]: One of Namor's most effective tactics underwater is to trap his opponent in a whirlpool until he or she runs out of air.
* [[Evil Chancellor]] / [[The Usurper]]: Longtime Namor antagonist Warlord Krang, who recently returned from limbo as a member of Joe Casey's [[The Defenders|'Last' Defenders]] team and during the pages of Namor's last solo attempted ANOTHER coup for control of Atlantis {{spoiler|only at the end for both to enter into a [[Enemy Mine]] situation. }}
* [[Fair Cop]]: Betty Dean, his [[Golden Age]] love interest.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In his youth he was a pariah in Atlantis due to, being, well, white - where normal Atlanteans are blue. They called him "pale crab." He's happy to note that they don't do that anymore, but the Blue Marvel thinks they just don't do it to his ''face''.
* [[Fire -Forged Friends]]: When he first met the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]], shortly after Hulk's falling out with the original [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]], they fought to a draw and then decided to team up against all humanity for a minute. Though they've both obviously stepped back from that goal, they've remained loyal friends ever since. (Namor was the only one to object to the Illuminati's plan to send Hulk into space.)
** With Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch. The two had their famous battles, but they later fought side-by-side in [[World War II]] in the Invaders. Namor later referred to Hammond as someone he respects (and for a guy like Namor, that's quite a compliment).
* [[Fish People]]: Imperius Fish!
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* [[The Good King]]: Namor loves Atlantis and will do anything to protect it. Those who try to harm his city or his people [[Berserk Button|will deeply regret that decision]].
* [[Grievous Harm With a Body]]: Attacked by two Sentinels, Namor tore off one of the robot's arms and used it to smash its companion to bits.
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Just ''try'' and talk to him without setting him off. It'll be funny.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Hero Insurance]]: Thanks to his membership in The Defenders.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Strong enough to slug it out with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters, not to mention terrifyingly fast.
* [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]: Well known for his pursuit of the married Susan Richards. Which other than his late wife is probably his longest relationship.
* {{spoiler|[[MamasMama's Baby, PapasPapa's Maybe]]:}} {{spoiler|1=In the 2012 [[The Defenders]] run, a childhood memory of his mother hiding a picture of herself, Leonard McKenzie and Captain Nemo from him, along with the discovery of a copy of the picture within the sunken Nautilus, brought up the question if [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Captain Nemo]] might be Namor's father. Not that Namor could care at this stage of his life.}}
* [[Mercurys Wings]]: Ankle wings are a characteristic of Atlanteans. They work equally well in the water or air.
* [[Monster Modesty]]: A few examples.
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** Looking at his pointy ears and the wings on his ankles, Namor is obviously not fully human. Taking this into account along with his desire to prance around in green speedos, he fits this trope.
*** He averts the trope in ''[[Marvels]]'', where he wears ''nothing at all'', even when fighting the Nazis.
* [[Mutants]]: Being a [[Half -Human Hybrid]], Namor is considered one even among most of the Atlantean people. He's a somewhat different type of mutant than the others in the Marvel Universe (as he's an Atlantean mutant rather than a human mutant; his human half is 100% "normal"), but that's usually not considered important. At one point he was lodging with the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] on their new artificial island.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: To be fair, the offspring in question was a long lost and unknown bad seed that tried to kill him and drive Atlantis to war.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Namor was born in the 1920's, teamed up with Captain America during World War II, and still looks like a man in the prime of his life. Justified due to his half-Atlantean physiology.
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* [[Underwear of Power]]: Scaly! Though it makes sense for a swimming character to prefer garments that lie close to the body and don't interfere with the legs.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: A ''lot'', but if you really want to see it in full force, refer to any time he runs into Llyra, the [[Complete Monster]] who killed his first wife and was responsible for the death of his father.
* [[Ur Example]]: Of a lot of things, really, but mostly of the comic book [[Flying Brick]] (Superman predates him in publication, but Namor had the power set before Superman did), of the comic book [[Anti -Hero]], of the comic book [[Anti -Villain]]... the list goes on.
* [[Warrior Prince]]: Namor was doing this back when he was still only a Prince (and he's still generally referred to as such, despite being the King of Atlantis). This is, almost without exception, the cause of any perceived villainy in his publishing history: it's all either in the name of protecting or avenging Atlantis.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Most of the time, all he really wants is a blonde and/or cleaner oceans. No matter what he's after, however, he'll always be a total dick about it.
* [[With Friends Like These]]: No matter how many times one betrays the other, Namor and [[Doctor Doom]] usually will always find themselves back in each other's good graces down the line. No one is sure why, because they're both smart enough that they really should know better than to trust each other, ever. It's pretty well-established that Namor is one of the few people that Doom genuinely ''likes''. What's a little betrayal between friends? By now, they probably take it as given. One could even argue that it is a mutual dislike for a certain Mr. Fantastic.
 
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