History ComicBook / SubMariner

* BlackEyesOfEvil: In ''[[http://cammyscomiccorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/namorteeth-172x300.jpg Sub-Mariner: The Depths]].''.

In spite of his importance to Marvel's early history and he was featured in the 1960s animated ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' series, Namor has yet to appear in a film adaptation. When Marvel had a dance with bankruptcy back in 1996, Namor's rights were licensed to Creator/{{Universal}}, where attempts to bring the character to film occurred between 1997 and 2006, but the project ultimately never went anywhere. The rights have since partially reverted to Creator/MarvelStudios, but Universal still retains distribution rights on the intellectual property. It is believed, much like the movie rights to the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', that Namor can appear in ensemble movies, but can't have his own standalone movies without Creator/{{Disney}} and Universal coming to an agreement. Nonetheless, Namor's mythology has been alluded to multiple times in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as far back as ''Film/IronMan2'', the third film in the setting. However, this all changed in 2022, when Namor was finally announced to be coming to the MCU as a major character in ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''.

In spite of his importance to Marvel's early history and he was featured in the 1960s animated ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' series, Namor has yet to appear in a film adaptation. When Marvel had a dance with bankruptcy back in 1996, Namor's rights were licensed to Creator/{{Universal}}, where attempts to bring the character to film occurred between 1997 and 2006, but the project ultimately never went anywhere. The rights have since partially reverted to Creator/MarvelStudios, but Universal still retains distribution rights on the intellectual property. It is believed, much like the movie rights to the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', that Namor can appear in ensemble movies, but can't have his own standalone movies without Creator/{{Disney}} and Universal coming to an agreement. Nonetheless, Namor's mythology has been alluded to multiple times in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as far back as ''Film/IronMan2'', the third film in the setting.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: One of Namor's most effective tactics underwater is to trap his opponent in a whirlpool until he or she runs out of air.

Namor appeared in a Marvel Knights miniseries; ''Submariner: The Depths''. In the 1950's, he terrorizes a rescue team looking for a lost group of explorers. Said explorers had been looking for Atlantis. [[NightmareFuel Until they found Namor.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Imperius Rex! aka Another [[Creator/RobLiefeld Liefeld masterpiece]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Imperius Rex! aka Another [[Creator/RobLiefeld Liefeld masterpiece]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Imperius Rex! aka Another Liefeld Biodisaster]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Imperius Rex!]]

* CanisLatinicus: His CatchPhrase, Imperius Rex. "Imperius" is a nonsense (though obviously derived from the real Latin word ''imperium''). There are quite similar-sounding real words that could be used instead to make it make sense, but as it stands, the phrase is a prime example of this trope. (The second element, Rex, is legitimate; it means King.)

** "Imperius Rex!" It [[RuleOfCool sure sounds cool]]. Namor's saying he's top dog, pretty much. Imperius is power, empire, while rex means king. Stan Lee did his homework.
*** "Imperium" is a Latin noun meaning empire or command. "Imperius" is a made-up word. It's [[RuleOfCool cool]] Latin, not homework Latin.

Given to self-righteous rages, Namor attacked UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, blaming humans for damage that Atlantis had suffered. This led to [[LetsYouAndHimFight the first comic book superhero battle]] between him and the Human Torch (no, not [[ComicBook/FantasticFour that one]], ''[[{{ComicBook/HumanTorch1939}} this]]'' one). Fortunately, Namor had a weakness for beautiful, noble women. FairCop 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 (ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel, which included both the Human Torch and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, 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 [[TheSeventies 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, [[DistaffCounterpart Namora]].

He received another ongoing, ''Namor: The First Mutant'', which seems to have been quietly cancelled in favor of a ComicBook/FearItself tie in starring some of the classic ComicBook/TheDefenders cast and at least one of their legacies, followed by a new ComicBook/TheDefenders ongoing which debuted in the winter of 2011. He was a key part of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' as one of the "Phoenix Five" and later goes on to join the casts of Comicbook/NewAvengers and [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel All-New Invaders]].

In spite of his importance to Marvel's early history and he was featured in the 1960s animated ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' series, Namor has yet to appear in a film adaptation. When Marvel had a dance with bankruptcy back in 1996, Namor's rights were licensed to Creator/{{Universal}}, where attempts to bring the character to film occurred between 1997 and 2006, but the project ultimately never went anywhere. The rights have since partially reverted to Creator/MarvelStudios, but Universal still retains distribution rights on the intellectual property. It is believed, much like the movie rights to the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', that Namor can appear in ensemble movies, but can't have his own standalone movies without Creator/{{Disney}} and Universal coming to an agreement. Nonetheless, Namor's mythology has been alluded to multiple times in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and as far back as ''Film/IronMan2'', the third film in the setting.

* ThematicRoguesGallery: Most of Namor's enemies are related to the ocean in some form or another.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Namor may be willing to bed [[ExtremeOmnisexual almost anything with a pulse]] and hit on a married woman, but he shoots down Hope's flirtations because she is underage.

Given to self-righteous rages, Namor attacked UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, blaming humans for damage that Atlantis had suffered. This led to [[LetsYouAndHimFight the first comic book superhero battle]] between him and the Human Torch (no, not [[ComicBook/FantasticFour that one]], ''[[{{ComicBook/HumanTorch1939}} this]]'' one). Fortunately, Namor had a weakness for beautiful, noble women. FairCop 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 (ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook, which included both the Human Torch and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, 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 [[TheSeventies 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, [[DistaffCounterpart Namora]].

He received another ongoing, ''Namor: The First Mutant'', which seems to have been quietly cancelled in favor of a ComicBook/FearItself tie in starring some of the classic ComicBook/TheDefenders cast and at least one of their legacies, followed by a new ComicBook/TheDefenders ongoing which debuted in the winter of 2011. He was a key part of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' as one of the "Phoenix Five" and later goes on to join the casts of Comicbook/NewAvengers and [[ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook All-New Invaders]].

Given to self-righteous rages, Namor attacked UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, blaming humans for damage that Atlantis had suffered. This led to [[LetsYouAndHimFight the first comic book superhero battle]] between him and the Human Torch (no, not [[ComicBook/FantasticFour that one]], ''[[{{ComicBook/HumanTorch1939}} this]]'' one). Fortunately, Namor had a weakness for beautiful, noble women. FairCop 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 (ComicBook/TheInvaders, which included both the Human Torch and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, 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 [[TheSeventies 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, [[DistaffCounterpart Namora]].

He received another ongoing, ''Namor: The First Mutant'', which seems to have been quietly cancelled in favor of a ComicBook/FearItself tie in starring some of the classic ComicBook/TheDefenders cast and at least one of their legacies, followed by a new ComicBook/TheDefenders ongoing which debuted in the winter of 2011. He was a key part of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' as one of the "Phoenix Five" and later goes on to join the casts of Comicbook/NewAvengers and [[Comicbook/TheInvaders All-New Invaders]].

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 given to ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, who also isn't the first mutant). Namor [=McKenzie=] is a HalfHumanHybrid, 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.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: In regards to "The Depths", we know this version of Namor is living in the 1950's, we just don't know when in the 1950's. With the mention of Edmund Hillary's yeti footprint photograph in 1952, the extent of our knowledge is that it is post-1952 that this version of Namor is living in.

Namor returned during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #4 (May, 1962), after a chance meeting with the (new) Human Torch awakened his memories (lost after an enemy with mental powers erased them; he ended up as a homeless man for decades, apparently he ages very slowly). Namor then ended up once again in a villainous role, though (once again) a beautiful woman (The Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four) convinced him to change his mind. Namor soon got his own series again, where he mostly had [[AtlantisIsBoring adventures under the sea]]. He fell in love with an Atlantean named Lady Dorma, though she eventually was killed. (Part of this series was adapted in animated form in the [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes Marvel Super Heroes]] TV show.) He also became a founding member of ComicBook/TheDefenders and met Namora's daughter, Namorita (of the ComicBook/NewWarriors.)

Given to self-righteous rages, Namor attacked UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, blaming humans for damage that Atlantis had suffered. This led to [[LetsYouAndHimFight the first comic book superhero battle]] between him and the Human Torch (no, not [[ComicBook/FantasticFour that one]]). Fortunately, Namor had a weakness for beautiful, noble women. FairCop 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 (ComicBook/TheInvaders, which included both the Human Torch and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, 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 [[TheSeventies 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, [[DistaffCounterpart Namora]].

** ''X-Men: Grand Design'' reveals that Namor is this to the mutant race as a whole due to him flooding New York in his battle with the [[ComicBook/HumanTorch1939 original Human Torch]], which was one of the first major catastrophes to be caused by mutant abilities. This caused discrimination against mutants to skyrocket across the globe and stay that way ever since.

A part-mutant and part Atlantean who joined the X-Men when he betrayed Norman Osborn and the Dark X-Men.

* DatingCatwoman

* EvilChancellor[=/=]TheUsurper: Longtime Namor antagonist Warlord Krang, who recently returned from limbo as a member of Joe Casey's [[ComicBook/TheDefenders '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 EnemyMine situation. ]]

* EvilKnockoff: Llyron,who was genetically engineered by combining his genes and those of his enemy Llyra.

->''The noble Sub-Mariner, Prince of the Deep, so beware you deadly demons!''
->''Lord Namor of Atlantis is the Prince of the Deep!''

->''For Lord Namor of Atlantis is the Prince of the Deep.''

->''"He’s one of Marvel's oldest characters and, boy, can he never support his own book."''
-->-- '''[[http://mondomagazine.net/2007/random-comics-of-the-week-pvp-and-sub-mariner/ Miles Baker]]'''

In spite of his importance to Marvel's early history, Namor has yet to appear in a film adaptation. When Marvel had a dance with bankruptcy back in 1996, Namor's rights were licensed to Creator/{{Universal}}, where attempts to bring the character to film occurred between 1997 and 2006, but the project ultimately never went anywhere. The rights have since partially reverted to Creator/MarvelStudios, but Universal still retains distribution rights on the intellectual property. It is believed, much like the movie rights to the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', that Namor can appear in ensemble movies, but can't have his own standalone movies without Creator/{{Disney}} and Universal coming to an agreement. Nonetheless, Namor's mythology has been alluded to multiple times in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and as far back as ''Film/IronMan2'', the third film in the setting.