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Namor
Namor the Sub-Mariner
King Namor McKenzie / Namor the Sub-Mariner
Notable Aliases: Avenging Son, Chicken of the Sea, Dr. G.W. Falton, Ducklips, Emperor of the Deep, Fish-Man, Gill-Face, Imperius Rex", Joe Pierre, King Namor The First, Long John Silver, Lord of the Seven Seas, "Mr. Big", Namor the First, Phoenix, "Piscatorial Pirate", "Rex", Sea King Sealord, "Subby"
Editorial Names: Namor: The First Mutant, Marvel's First and Mightiest Mutant, Scourge of the Seven Seas, The Savage Sub-Mariner
Nationality: Atlantian
Species: Human mutant / Atlantean hybrid
First Appearance: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939) note ; Marvel Comics #1 (October, 1939) note
Namor the Sub-Mariner is the ruler of undersea Atlantis. The offspring of a sea captain and an Atlantean princess, he has been both a hero and a villain to the surface world. Namor is one of Marvel's oldest published characters with his origins in the Golden Age of comics.
- '90s Hair: The ponytail he had during that time.
- Admiring the Abomination: Dr. Stein does it once he fully spots Namor
◊. Namor, understandably, isn't amused◊. - And Now You Must Marry Me: In an early appearance, Namor was battling the Fantastic Four, then offered to spare the surface world if Sue would agree to marry him and become Queen of Atlantis. She agreed, but when he saw that she wasn't thrilled about the whole thing, he threw a fit and stormed off. Not very long after, he decided it was time for Sue to be his queen, abducted her, and informed her that her indecisiveness in choosing between himself and Reed had forced his hand. Furious at being kidnapped, Sue refused to cooperate and was soon rescued by the rest of the Fantastic Four.
- Animalistic Abilities: 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-Villain: Depending on the Writer and when he isn't being an Anti-Hero — 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, which included Norman Osborn, Doctor Doom and Loki). He claims he doesn't see the difference.
- Apparently Human Merfolk: Aside from pointed ears (and the wings on his feet that grant him flight) he looks fairly close to human, as unlike full-blooded Atlantians his skin is not blue.
- Arch-Enemy: Attuma. That said, they have recently patched things up and are now allies.
- Also Llyra, who murdered his wife Dorma, caused Namora's "death," was involved in the death of his human father, and tricked him into siring his Evil Knockoff Llyron by disguising herself as Susan Richards.
- Blessed with Suck: Post retcon, his status as a Half-Human Hybrid is this. Yes, he has the full spectrum of Atlantean powers and he can survive on land long-term, unlike a pure Atlantean. Unfortunately, Namor is one of those rare hybrids whose mixed up genes leads to them being screwed over—in his specific case, the attempt to force a compromise between water-breathing Atlantean biology and air-breathing human biology has made his brain chemistry function best on a very specific oxygen level; if he spends too long in either air or water, this balance tips and his brain chemistry goes all out of whack, resulting in extremely unpredictable mood swings, paranoia, heightened aggressiveness and... well, basically it's the reason why he keeps jumping all over the morality spectrum.
- Canis Latinicus: 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.)
- Captain Ersatz: Inverted.
- DC Comics' Aquaman first appeared a few years after Namor and shares several similarities to him. They have effectively been each other's Alternate Company Equivalent for many years.
- The post-Flashpoint version of the Ocean Master was radically altered into a slightly less-Jerkassy version of Namor. The main difference is that Orm is typically an Anti-Villain who will help the good guys if it serves his purposes, Namor is traditionally depicted as an Anti-Hero who will turn on the good guys for his own ends.
- Black Adam's characterization has often been compared to Namor's, as have his looks in recent years. Adam was rather less attractive originally, but now they practically look like twins.
- Catch and Return: Namor once caught Ares' axe and embedded it in Iron Man's armor on the return throw.
- Catchphrase:
- "Imperius Rex!" It 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 cool Latin, not homework Latin.
- In the 1960s and 1970s, he also had the much less impressive "Suffering Shad!"
- "Imperius Rex!" It 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.
- Character Development: Finally gets some of this in Aaron's 2018 serialization of the Avengers. The sheer amount of trauma, humiliation and betrayals that Namor has suffered accross previous iterations of the franchise, most notably his Sanity Slippage and Mind Rape in the prequel series Invaders (2019), drive Namor past the Rage Breaking Point to the extent where he actively and shamelessly sacrifices his own people, engaging in increasingly reckless and mostly unsuccessful war campaigns against the surface world. After hitting rock-bottom having his own people exile him for his efforts, he reluctantly joins up with the Avengers where he slowly starts mellowing out.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Especially when he's on the villain's side. During Dark Reign, after finding himself allied with Namor again, Doctor Doom resurrected General Attuma, in secret, to send him against Namor in case of his betrayal, as too often their past alliances ended with Namor switching sides in the middle of the battle.
- Chronic Villainy: John Byrne had Namor's more Jerkass tendencies explained away by the idea that he is made irrational from an oxygen imbalance due to a flaw in his hybrid physiology.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: As drawn by his creator Bill Everett, Namor's facial features resembled that of his creator and even had his creator's red hair.
- Commonality Connection: Struck one up with the original, decidedly villainous Hulk in Avengers #3 on the grounds they both really hated humans. Didn't quite get to a Villainous Friendship, as both parties were plotting to betray the other in seconds.
- Dark and Troubled Past: After World War 2 he lost most of his original home, family and friends to power hungry humans and pollution forcing him to become the ruthless, man-hating Anti-Villain that he is today.
- Dating Catwoman:
- When he was more villainous, he was the male Catwoman due to his romantic tension with Sue Storm/Richards of the Fantastic Four back when he was a villain.
- 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").
- The Dreaded: In Sub-Mariner: The Depths, Namor is considered to be the most terrifying thing in the ocean, was blamed for the sinking of the Titanic, and apparently kills anyone searching for Atlantis. And he will track you◊, then murder your crew◊. He kills two submarine crews and the crew of an entire research station. But he ultimately spares Dr. Steinman, so Steinman can go on to debunk the myth of Atlantis for the public like he always does, allowing Namor and his people to live in peace. How Namor got this information is unknown.
- Early-Installment Weirdness:
- Initially the Atlanteans or Sub-Mariners, as they were originally called, had Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism with the males having green scaly skin, large eyes and catfish-like barbels under their noses while the females had Caucasian skin, large eyes and some slight-fish like features. The blue skin, name of their race and the fact that they had any connection to Atlantis would not appear until 1963: twenty-four years after Namor's debut. Further more they could be out of water for five hours with Namor being able to be outside indefinitely due to his half-human nature.
- Under Bill Everett, Namor had his creator's red hair. He has since been immortalized with black hair.
- During the 1960's, 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.
- Eldritch Abomination: Namor fights a lot of these and their worshippers, from the Faceless Ones to Set to Suma-Ket.
- Entitled to Have You: His initial attitude toward Sue Storm was "I want you, therefore you're mine".
- Everyone Has Standards: Namor may be willing to bed almost anything with a pulse and hit on a married woman, but he shoots down Hope's flirtations because she is underage.
- In the Incursion storyline, Namor is willing to destroy inhabited alternate Earths to save both universes resulting in killing billions of humans, but saving far, far more lives that would be ended if both universes were destroyed. Yet, he draws the line at his "Cabal" of villains assembled to help him who not only destroy the alternate Earth, but engage in unnecessary wholesale sadistic slaughter and torture of the population beforehand instead of quietly planting a world-destroying bomb and leaving.
- Extreme Omnisexual: As of this incident◊ Namor has officially been upgraded from Really Gets Around to this trope.Hope: Ick ick ick!
Namor: You are only showing your parochialism and prejudice. There are many forms of beauty. She is the dignified queen of a noble people. Namor is nothing if not cosmopolitan in his tastes.- However, because Everyone Has Standards, he turns down the underage Hope.
- 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. It's indicated that Blue Marvel is right... probably because they know it's worth their lives if they did call him that.
- Fire-Forged Friends:
- When he first met the Hulk, shortly after Hulk's falling out with the original 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. And warned them that it was an incredibly stupid idea that would inevitably backfire.)
- 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).
- Namor met the Blue Marvel after mistaking him for another invader from the surface world. The two engaged in a fierce struggle, and emerged as close friends.
- Flight: He has small, fin-like wings on his ankles (echoing the mythological example of the Greco-Roman god Hermes/Mercury). These work equally well to propel him through air and water.
- Flight, Strength, Heart: Namor has super strength, can fly, breathe both air and water, can charge his body with electricity, has telepathic control over undersea life... and at one time could puff himself up like a puffer fish.
- Flying Brick: Namor's power set. Or most of it, at least.
- Flying Seafood Special: His other power set.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Among the general Marvel hero establishment. In All-New Invaders, even Captain America admits that if the vast majority of superheroes heard that Namor was being held prisoner by the Kree, they would say the Kree can keep him. The exception is the Invaders themselves, whom Namor fought alongside in the war. Since Original Sin and the whole 'mind wiped by Illuminati' thing came out, even Steve has gotten to the point where he can't stand Namor. When Captain America himself is openly passive-aggressive and refusing to forgive you, you know you've crossed a line.
- Jim Hammond seems to be the only friend Namor has left, apart from Bucky, who's still a fan, as is Doctor Doom, oddly enough. He's also got a mutual respect thing with Magneto.
- He also gets on surprisingly well with Jean Grey, both the teen and adult versions, the former after she earned his respect, the latter because she's an All-Loving Heroine (and, perhaps, because she understands better than most what it's like to be subject to mood-swings while in possession of incredible power) - though it's also hinted in the former's series that he considered her a "terrifying specimen" compared to Teen Jean's "tiny flailing tadpole", suggesting that she genuinely impressed him.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Occasionally, he will use his trident, but for the most part, Namor's main weapons are his fists.
- The Good King: He wants to be this, though how successful he is varies. Namor loves Atlantis and will do anything to protect it. Those who try to harm his city or his people will deeply regret that decision.
- Graceful in Their Element: Not that he's clumsy on land, but he's better in the water. On land he can give the Hulk a good fight. In water he would win. This is demonstrated in Aaron's Avengers run when it takes one of the most powerful Avengers teams, including a fully Hulked out Jen Walters and Thor, to hold him down, while Captain Marvel hits him with her best right hook. He treats it as a love tap.
- 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: Unless you're Jean Grey or Sue Storm, just try and talk to him without setting him off. It'll be funny.
- Ham-to-Ham Combat: Put him in a room with Doctor Doom or Magneto and watch the ham fly.
- The time that the three of them (Namor, Doom, and Magneto) staged an intervention for the Black Panther stands as a crowning achievement.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: When he was first introduced in 1939, he was written as a Well-Intentioned Extremist Villain Protagonist, someone who'd basically kill any human civilian because we're all responsible for the sorry state of the ocean. World War II drafted him onto the heroic side, as he started aiming his rage at the Axis powers. Since his Silver Age return, Namor has mostly been one of the good guys. But he can turn on the other good guys at the drop of a hat.
- Hero Insurance: Thanks to his membership in The Defenders.
- Hot-Blooded: Namor is not famous for being calm and reserved. Some of this is thanks to a chemical imbalance. However, as Namora and Namorita, who are also vulnerable to that imbalance, show, quite a lot is just Namor being Namor.
- Jerkass: He occasionally has his genuine non self-serving Pet the Dog moments, but those are very, very rare. On most occasions, his "nice" moments are just ploys to butter people up into giving him what he wants, and he's generally one of the biggest douchebags in the entire MU. And note that Namor being a huge dick made him one of the very first comic book superheroes to actually have a personality.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: One notable example is an issue of Fantastic Four in which Reed Richards had returned after it was believed he was dead and found Namor assaulting his wife and attempting to kidnap her. Furious, Reed attacked, they fought, and Namor, after realizing at long last that Sue genuinely loved her husband, purposefully lost the fight and pretended to be knocked unconscious so that Reed would feel better and regain his confidence. It was implied that he did so in order to win Sue's heart at a later point in time.
- Kick the Dog: During Avengers vs. X-Men he sank Wakanda. While he could be excused for that, because he was possessed by the Phoenix Force at that time, his unwillingness to apologize to Black Panther during New Avengers was really a dickish move. After Wakanda retaliated with an equally devastating attack on Atlantis, Namor really crossed the line by willingly allying himself with Thanos' forces in order to strike Wakanda even harder than before.
- Kissing Cousins:
- With Namora. They almost married in Agents of Atlas.
- His late wife Lady Dorma was also apparently a cousin. And Namora's daughter Namorita did at one point hope to have this with Namor when she was younger, but eventually got over her crush. This may be to do with Namor's family being royalty.)
- Kryptonite Factor: If he's separated from water for too long, he loses much of his strength. He also needs open air from time to time, due to his mixed parentage.
- Large Ham: See Ham-to-Ham Combat, above.
- Laser-Guided Karma: During Fear Itself, Namor was robbed of his confidence, giving him a bit of payback for seventy years of being a jackass. He gets it again in the new Squadron Supreme series, with the first issue focusing on the Squadron destroying Atlantis and killing Namor as judgment for his past crimes. And again in Aaron's Avengers run, though that was after a long period of being pushed over the Despair Event Horizon.
- Let's You and Him Fight: Due to Namor being a noble guy but still for lack of a better term, a dick, this still happens even with heroes that know him.
- 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.
- Actually a subversion: Namor immediately called off his attempts to actually take her from Reed as soon as they were legally married. Namor does nevertheless remain deeply romantically attracted to her and once took up his pursuit again when Sue had filed for divorce (Reed never signed and they eventually reconciled).
- Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: In the 2012 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 Captain Nemo might be Namor's father. Not that Namor could care at this stage of his life.
- Mega Maelstrom: One of Namor's most effective tactics underwater is to trap his opponent in a whirlpool until he or she runs out of air.
- Mercury's Wings: Ankle wings are a characteristic of Atlanteans. They work equally well in the water or air.
- Mr. Fanservice: He spent most of his publication history running around in nothing more than swimming trunks. He's dressed up some since then but he still likes to show off his arms and chest. Hope Summers at one point quips that, when listing Namor's finest attributes, he'd include "great abs". The answer was, naturally, yes.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: One of his initial ideas for resolving the whole love triangle between himself, Reed and Sue was to stage an elaborate hoax involving becoming a movie director and luring the men of the Fantastic Four to remote locations to kill them. As Sue told Namor once he was found out, if she didn't have reason to dislike him before, trying to kill her friends and brother made sure she did (and if he'd, say, just skipped the murder part and tried asking her out, she might've considered it).
- 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 on their artificial island of Utopia (in fairness, the roots of it were also the new base for Atlantis), and he spent some time on Jean Grey's X-Men: Red team - though that seems to be more because he's genuinely fond of Jean than anything else, as his response to Krakoa was a resounding middle finger.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: In the Atlantean language, "Namor" means "the avenging son".
- Never Heard That One Before: In recent years, he's been subjected to more than a few Finding Nemo jokes. He was not amused once he figured out what they were.
- 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.
- Off with His Head!: Namor is killed in the first issue of the 2015 Squadron Supreme series. As revenge for Namor's past crimes (including destroying Dr. Spectrum's Earth while dealing with an incursion event) and the various times Atlantis has invaded the surface world, the new Squadron destroys Atlantis and Namor's head is cut off by Hyperion. It didn't stick.
- Older Than They Look: Namor was born in the 1920's (and might be even older, if his comment to Teen Jean that he had lived "a dozen human lifetimes" was more than enraged hyperbole), 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.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: He is part-mutant, part-Atlantean. Pure-blood Antlanteans are also humanoid but have blue skin.
- Perma-Stubble: At one point he grew a stubble beard to represent his growing mental instability.
- Pet the Dog:
- When Hope Summers finds out how 'cosmopolitan' his interests are, and awkwardly hits on him, he not only turns her down (because she's a teenager and Everyone Has Standards), but does so remarkably gently and gently teases her by echoing her "ick, ick, ick!" reaction.
- He seems to have a fondness for the women of the Grey-Summers family in general, having no problem letting adult Jean set up her X-Men: Red in Atlantis after everything goes pear-shaped on the surface, and contributing his army to take down Cassandra Nova (though he had a personal grudge). Likewise, he'd also semi-grudgingly advised Teen Jean on dealing with the Phoenix, especially after she proved her mettle - and the latter incident implied that he was rather impressed by adult Jean beforehand, referring to her somewhat admiringly as a "terrifying specimen."
- Pointy Ears: His ears are pointy. This is something he shares with most Atlanteans.
- Pretender Diss: During Atlantis Attacks (2019) when facing Amadeus Cho in his Brawn form, he's completely unimpressed and beats him up until he turns to his Hulk form.
- Pride: Even taking into account that he's a king, Namor's default attitude is incredibly prideful.
- Prongs of Poseidon: His signature weapon is a magical trident given by the god Neptune to the Atlanteans two thousand years before Namor's time. It can control water, fire energy blasts and healing beams, and set up forcefields. It's also partly made out of adamantium.
- Real Men Love Jesus: Namor is a follower of the traditional Atlantean religion of Neptune worship. The sea god is one of the few beings Namor will speak to with civility and appears to have genuine respect for. In return, Neptune has aided Namor several times over the years from providing counsel, armor and weapons, to restoring him to life. Of course, this respect does not extend to the rest of the Olympian gods whom Namor treats with the same disdain he does everyone else who is not Susan Storm, Jean Grey, or, sometimes, the original Invaders.
- Ridiculously Small Wings: He can fly using two tiny wings on his ankles. Omnidisciplinary Scientist Reed Richards remarks that Namor's ankle wings shouldn't have that much lift power, but Namor flies nevertheless.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: The prince or king of Atlantis (depending on the story) is willing to fight battles himself or at the front of his army. His royal styling appears to actually be Prince of Atlantis, though not as in "son of the current reigning king", more "Prince Regnant."
- Sdrawkcab Name:
Word of God is that Bill Everett was just writing noble sounding names backwards and liked the result from writing "Roman" backwards the best. - Shell-Shocked Veteran: The 2018 Invaders comic claims that he has been this ever since World War II, from his service with the Invaders.
- Sociopathic Hero: Namor is so arrogant that combined with his hair-trigger temper it causes him to have little to no empathy for most people and be willing to kill billions if he thinks it is for the greater good. He has trouble having empathy with others and responds to pretty much every offense with extreme rage.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: Depending on the Writer Namor has the ability to telepathically communicate with several different forms of sea life.
- Split-Personality Takeover: The 2018 Invaders series addresses his drastic shift post-Secret Wars into being aggressively militant as the result of a failed attempt to treat his PTSD. Charles Xavier, natch, tried to patch his trauma by giving him a mental projection based on a comrade from the war who died in battle that went off the rails and began taking over his body against his will and committing his more violently arrogant actions for the sake of Atlantis. Now it's reaching an endgame of pushing him into assimilating the surface. This is also apparently the reason for his erratic behavior over the years.
- Stripperiffic: Is most well-known for wearing basically a green speedo and not much else. In Marvels, he wears nothing. He has the body to get away with it.
- Super-Strength: One of the handful of people who can get into a fistfight with the Hulk and survive.
- Superhero Sobriquets: Namor is also occasionally known as "The Avenging Son of Atlantis". His name means "avenging son".
- Third-Person Person: Namor speaks about Namor like this. It emphasizes his arrogance.
- The Voiceless: Namor doesn't say a word in Sub-Mariner: The Depths. That doesn't stop him from being freaking◊ terrifying◊.
- Token Evil Teammate: About half the time in whatever team he's in at the moment.
- Tongue Trauma: Namor ripped out Venom II's tongue after a scuffle, stating that Gargan should talk less while trying to take on somebody out of his league.
- Underwear of Power: Formerly, and it's scaly!
- Unstoppable Rage: A lot, but if you really want to see it in full force, refer to any time he runs into Llyra, 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.
- Villains Out Shopping: Sometimes when he's out on the surface world, it's not to launch an attack or invasion, it's just to get himself a bagel which Atlantis doesn't have.
- Villainous Widow's Peak: For a given definition of "villainous", but he sure sports a distinctive one.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Bucky Barnes can tease Namor with impunity. He also has a similar relationship with The Hulk.
- 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 - though Namor at least genuinely respects Reed (or, at least, will admit it).
- Worthy Opponent: As much of an asshole as he is, Namor respects people who can either give him a run for his money or who are just doggedly persistent despite being hopelessly outmatched, as was the case with Daredevil.
Sub-Mariner Allies
Andromeda
Andromeda Attumasen
Notable Aliases: Andrea McPhee, Genevieve Cross, Lady Andromeda
Nationality: Atlantean
Species: Atlantean
First Appearance: The Defenders #143 (March, 1985)
The beautiful and heroic Atlantean warrior is a member of the Defenders. Like Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner, Andromeda defends her people and the surface dwellers with honor and might. She uses a serum that temporarily allows her to breathe air while on land. She has proven her mettle on both land and sea.
Betty Dean
Betty Dean-Prentiss
Nationality: American
Species: Human
First Appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics #3 (November, 1939)
A New York policewoman who was one of Namor's earliest Earth friends, and love interests.
- Fair Cop: A police officer and quite pretty.
- Hairof Gold Heartof Gold: One of the first of Namor's blonde lovers. It may be no surprise that after her he's been drawn to blond women.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She eventually died in 1975, by taking a blast from Dr. Dorcas meant for Namor.
- Morality Chain: Despite Namor having stormy relations with everybody, Betty included, he has always respected Betty for having a strong moral center. He brought Namorita to Betty Dean to raise her, trusting her above anyone else for the job.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Her first encounter with Namor was trapping him by pretending to be drowning.
Diane Arliss
Diane Arliss-Newell
Nationality: American
Species: Human
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #5 (June, 1968)
The wife of Avengers' member Walter Newell/Stingray and sister of supervillain Todd Arliss/Tiger Shark.
- Happily Married: She and Walter are very happy together and have four children.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Her brother Todd is a shark-themed villain while she's married to a former Avenger.
Dorma
Lady Dorma
Nationality: Atlantean
Species: Atlantean
First Appearance: Marvel Comics #1 (October, 1939)
Atlantean noblewoman and beloved first wife of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner.
- Childhood Friend Romance: She was a childhood friend of Namor and his first love.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: In Fantastic Four Annual #1, she tried to kill Sue Storm when Namor tried wooing her.
- Dying Declaration of Love: Her last words.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: While suffocating, she managed to knock out Llyra temporarily to save Namor.
- Killed Off for Real: Died in the 70s, and has stayed pretty dead since then.
- Kissing Cousins: She was Namor's distant cousin, which is hardly strange since both were royalty.
- Lady in Red: Was prominently seen in a red dress, and is a redhead too.
- The Lost Lenore: She was Namor's first love, and he has never truly recovered from her loss.
Princess Fen
Princess Fen
Notable Aliases: Queen of the Sharks, Beautiful Goddess of the Seals
Nationality: Atlantean
Species: Atlantean
First Appearance: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939)
Atlantean royalty, Princess Fen was the daughter of Emperor Tha-Korr, the wife of Leonard McKenzie and the mother of Prince Namor.
- Interspecies Romance: With Leonard McKenzie, a human.
- Missing Mom: She's been dead for decades.
King Crab
King Crab
First Appearance: Avengers (Vol. 8) #9 (December, 2018)
King Crab was a member of King Namor's Defenders of the Deep, a team established to accommodate to his new policies regarding relationships between the ocean and the surface world.
- Giant Enemy Crab: He's a human-sized crab, making him a giant when compared to a regular crab.
- Mysterious Past: So far nothing of his backstory is known, being the only new member of the Defenders of the Deep.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: If he has another name, it hasn't been mentioned.
- Unscaled Merfolk: He's a humanoid crab.
Leonard McKenzie
Leonard Stuart McKenzie
Nationality: American
Species: Human
First Appearance: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939)
A marine explorer who encountered Princess Fen. Though their union was brief, it produced Namor the Sub-Mariner.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Dies protecting his son from an attack.
Namora
Aquaria Nautica Neptunia / Namora
Notable Aliases: Avenging daughter, The Sea-Woman, The Sea Queen, Sub-Mariner
Nationality: Atlantean
Species: Mutant Human / Atlantean
First Appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (May, 1947)
Daughter of an Atlantean man and surface woman. The Golden Age hero Namora is cousin to Namor and, like him, is one of Marvel's first mutants. She's also the mother of Namorita. She is currently working under Jimmy Woo with the Agents of Atlas.
- Apparently Human Merfolk: Like Namor, thanks to her human half she has the skin color of a human, besides her pointy ears and superpowers.
- Back from the Dead: After being dead for several decades, she was brought back by the other Agents of Atlas.
- Distaff Counterpart: For her cousin Namor.
- Good Is Not Soft: Sure, she's not as ruthless as her cousin, but she can be pretty brutal when it comes to defending the oceans.
- Flying Brick: Like Namor, she can fly fast and hit very hard.
- Kissing Cousins: Yes, she and her cousin Namor did kiss and almost married, until it was revealed the marriage was a manipulation by one of Namor's counselors. They remain close, though.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Her father was an unnamed Atlantean prince while her mother was a human woman.
- Human Popsicle: Supposedly dead for years, the Agents of Atlas finds out she'd simply been preserved. She wasn't terribly happy with Namor for never bothering to check.
- Mama Bear: Remember that mention of being Namorita's mom? She was understandably just a teeny bit pissed about her daughter's death in Civil War, and her subsequent vilification.
- Ms. Fanservice: To go with her cousin's status as Mr. Fanservice, Namora walks around in what's essentially a swimsuit with an opening for her cleavage, with her toned legs on display.
- My Suit Is Also Super: Her Agents of Atlas uniform is a customized Uranian space suit Bob gave her. Among other things, while wearing it she doesn't need to use the bathroom.
- Not Blood Siblings: Her father was actually adopted by Namor's grandparents.
- Pretty Princess Powerhouse: An Atlantean princess that can kick ass just as much as her cousin.
- Red Is Heroic: Her original outfit was red.
- Statuesque Stunner: Officially listed at 5'11"/180cm tall.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the Tomboy to Venus's Girly Girl. She was also the Tomboy to Blonde Phantom's Girly Girl while both were part of Nick Fury's 1959 Black Ops. Initiative.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: She always wears what's essentially a wetsuit.
Namorita
Namorita "Nita" Prentiss
Notable Aliases: Kymaera
Nationality: Atlantean
Species: Mutant Human / Atlantean clone
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #50 (June, 1972)
Namorita is the cousin of savage Namor the Sub-Mariner. She was a prominent member of the New Warriors since their inception. She was killed by the supervillain Nitro, in an act that sparked off the superhero Civil War, but returned displaced from time.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Nita becomes Atlantean blue for a time due to her cloned genes. She changes her name to Kymaera.
- Captain Fishman: She's the token "swimming hero" of the team.
- Death Is Cheap: Died along with Night Thrasher facing Nitro, but is taken from an earlier point in time (before her Kymaera mutation) into the present.
- Distaff Counterpart: To Namor, the Sub-Mariner, her cousin.
- Flight, Strength, Heart: What she has, being a distant cousin to Namor.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Half human-mutant/half Atlantean.
- Mix-and-Match Man: Due to complications with the cloning process that created her, Namorita's genetic makeup was rather unstable and she was in danger of having her blood oversaturated with oxygen similar to her cousin Namor. To offset this, Vyrra tried splicing her DNA with samples taking from dead Atlantean warriors.
- Ms. Fanservice: Rarely wears more than a swimsuit. During the early issues of the series, she wore a veeeery tiny bikini.
- Mutants: Like her cousin.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: As both a princess and superhero, she definitely does something noteworthy.
- Walking Swim Suit Scene: Wears little more than a bikini as most of her uniforms.
Stingray
Dr. Walter Newell / Stingray
Notable Aliases: Deadpool
Nationality: American
Species: Human
First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #95 (September, 1967) note ; Sub-Mariner #19 (November, 1969) note
Walter Newell is an oceanographer and reluctant superhero. He invented his Stingray armor as both a deep-sea exploration tool and a superhero costume. He became an associate and honorary member of the Avengers by offering them his artificial island as a base.
- Action Dad: He's the father of two sons and two daughters and a superhero.
- Animal Theme Naming: He took the name Stingray after basing some of its design on manta rays.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Dr. Newell is a brilliant engineer and inventor constructing advanced equipment and machinery for his experiments in the ocean.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Namor beat him to near death for trying to stop him from forcefully drafting Tiger Shark to his team of Defenders of the Deep.
- Not Quite Flight: His gliding ability.
- One Degree of Separation: His wife Diane Arliss is the sister of Todd Arliss/Tiger Shark, a well-known foe of Namor and member of the Masters of Evil.
- Powered Armor: Newell uses specialized armor originally designed for underwater exploration. The suit can safely operate in depths up to 1200 feet. It has a unique oxygen diffusion system based on fish gills. The suit grants Newell superhuman strength and durability to handle underwater conditions. The suit is able to swim at high speeds underwater and can also glide when not in water. It has an electric blast as weapon.
- Red Is Heroic: His armor is mostly red with some black and white.
- Required Secondary Powers: The suit was mainly made for underwater use, but the suit's gliding ability, electric attacks and enhanced strength aid him on dry land.
- Shock and Awe: The main weapon of his armor is a potent electric blast.
Tamara Rahn
Tamara Rahn
Notable Aliases: Tammie
Species: Banari
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #58 (February, 1973)
Tamara Rahn was an extraterrestrial and member of the water breathing Banari race from the planet Laab. The planet was destroyed, but she escaped on a craft which headed for the oceans of Earth.
- Apparently Human Merfolk: Other than reddish skin, Banari are very similar to both humans and Atlanteans.
- Green-Skinned Space Babe: Has reddish skin yet she's very attractive.
Sub-Mariner Enemies
Aradnea
Aradnea
First Appearance: Fear Itself: The Deep #1 (August, 2011)
Aradnea was the sister of Tyrak. She was born, bred, and mystically engineered to serve as the conduit for the Undying Ones.
- Co-Dragons: Alongside her brother and Tiger Shark for Attuma during Fear Itself.
- Facial Markings: Has them bellow her eyes.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: She has pale green skin and dark brown hair, and she's quite eerie.
- Of Corsets Sexy: Her outfit is essentially a red corset.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Unlike most Atlanteans, she's associated with the colors red and black.
- Remember the New Guy?: There was never a mention of Tyrak having siblings until she debuted in 2011, over forty years after Tyrak's debut.
- Unexplained Recovery: Despite apparently being killed by Loa to save Dr. Strange, she somehow reappeared alive as a member of the new Doom Maidens.
Attuma
Attuma
Alter Ego: Attuma
Notable Aliases: Nerkkod
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #33
Attuma is a barbarian chief and citizen of Skarka. He believes he is destined to conquer Atlantis.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Being an Atlantean, his skin is blue and his hair is purple.
- Arch-Enemy: He's Namor's most consistent and well known foe.
- Archnemesis Dad: He doesn't care much about his illegitimate daughter Andromeda.
- Big Bad: Namor’s most prominent foe.
- Cool Sword: His signature weapon is a sort of trident sword.
- The Heavy: the most active villain in trying to usurp Namor.
- Heel–Face Turn: Following Namor's resurrection and the restoration of Atlantis, Attuma remained allied to his old-time rival to help protect Atlantis from outside threats.
- Horns of Villainy: His helmet always has horns.
- Purple Is Powerful: His hair is purple and many of his outfits have purple in it. He's also one of Namor's most persistent foes.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: One of his helmets was purple.
- Tragic Keepsake: The reason behind his serpent-themed helmet? It represents his slaughtered people, including his father, and their guardian dragon, who were all killed by the Black Tide.
- We Used to Be Friends: King In Black: Namor shows that he and Namor actually got along when they worked together with the Swift Tide, not knowing they would be bitter foes for years.
Black Tide
Black Tide
First Appearance: King in Black: Namor #1 (December, 2020)
A special force of Atlanteans from Namor's youth, known as the Swift Tide. They got corrupted by the symbiote god Knull's creatures, and became the Black Tide. Their members are Captain Kharsa, Sycorax, Sweet Mercy, Garanna the Breaker, and the Mountain.
- Amazon Brigade: Their members are mostly women, though they did briefly allow Namor and Attuma in their ranks.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: They were more eye-pleasing when they were good, even The Mountain.
- Brawn Hilda: The Mountain is the least beautiful and most monstrous of the group.
- Expy: An Atlantean version of the Avengers, before they turned evil.
- We Usedto Be Friends: They were allies to Namor, until an encounter with symbiotes made them enemies.
Bloodtide
Bloodtide
First Appearance: New Thunderbolts #1 (January, 2005)
Bloodtide was an Atlantean that was mutated by pollutants present in the water and it granted her the ability to control the flow of water and create hard-water blasts.
- Body Horror: By the time she reappears as member of the Defenders of the Deep, she has turned into a Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl.
- Heel–Face Turn: She stopped opposing Namor and joined his Defenders of the Deep.
- Making a Splash: Due to exposure to radioactive waste material that mutated her physical appearance, Bloodtide gained the supernatural ability to control the flow of water and propel forceful hard-water blasts of water at her opponents
- Ms. Fanservice: At least originally, since she walked in a form fitting silver swimsuit.
- Mystical White Hair: Her hair is silver in color.
- Necromancer: In her recent showings she seems to've acquired a necromantic element to her water shifting abilities, raising dead, rotting sharks along with her tidal powers as well as unleashing water based energy blasts from her hands.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name is unknown.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Girly Girl to Dragonrider's Tomboy. The same with Andromeda while at the Defenders of the Deep.
Byrrah
Byrrah
Alter Ego: Byrrah Thakorr-Son
Notable Aliases: Lord Byrrah
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner Comics #35 (August, 1954)
Byrrah is a Golden Age creation of Bill Everett. He is the grandson and step-son of Emperor Thakorr, Namor's grandfather. Byrrah has tried several times to take the throne of Atlantis for himself.
- Bald of Evil: Occasionally shown with a shaved head.
- Beard of Evil: Has a mustache and a goatee.
- Clashing Cousins: His father Daka was one of Thakkor's children, his mother Brynn some form of cousin to Fen, and Byrrah has many a time been an enemy of his paternal cousin Namor, while also being an ally on occasion.
- Enemy Mine: When the Badoon betrayed him after they had captured Namorita, Byrrah and Namor defeated the Badoon together, Namor releasing Byrrah from punishment. During the time when the warlord Attuma ruled Atlantis while Namor was on the surface world, Byrrah appealed to Namor to join him in defeating Attuma.
- Evil Uncle: He's Namor's step-uncle and one of his many enemies for the throne of Atlantis. That said, they have worked together against bigger threats.
- Purple Is Powerful: The few clothes he wears are purple.
- Tangled Family Tree: His parents were cousins, his step-father is also his paternal grandfather, his aunt Fen is also his step-sister and his cousin Namor is also his step-nephew. You can bet he has a tangled family tree.
- Villain Team-Up: Once he teamed up with Llyra, princess of the Lemurians.
- Warrior Prince: Just like his cousin and step-nephew he's a warrior.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Hasn't been seen in a very long time.
Destiny
Destiny
Alter Ego: Paul Destine
Notable Aliases: Mentallo, Destine, the Man of Destiny
First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #101 (March, 1968)
Paul Destine became Destiny when he wore the Helmet of Power which was actually the disguised Serpent Crown. He would clash with Namor on numerous occassions until his death during their final battle.
- Hat of Power: He wears the Helmet of Power, also known The Serpent Crown, an artifact linked to the Eldritch Abomination Set that grants him various psionic powers.
- Names The Same: He share the same last name as ClanDestine.
Dragonrider
Dragonrider
First Appearance: Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner #1 (September, 1984)
Dragonrider was a sentinel in the Atlantean Army, who was a secret political dissident and terrorist. She was angry at Namor and the ruling government for letting her people in the Colonies remain poor and starving while the elite in the Capital become richer.
- The Beastmaster: Thanks to a mystic conch shell, Dragonrider has the ability to control monstrous serpents from the deep and use them as a form of transportation or to terrorize an enemy.
- Dragon Rider: Sea Serpent rider, and it's her codename.
- The Faceless: She hasn't been seen without her helmet.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name is unknown.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Bloodtide's Girly Girl, at least in terms of appearance.
Fathom Five
Fathom Five
First Appearance: New Thunderbolts #1 (November, 2004)
A militant Atlantean splinter group determined to destroy humanity
- Enemy Mine: In their goal to destroy humanity, they teamed up with Baron Strucker and Hydra.
Karthon the Quester
Karthon the Quester
Alter Ego: Karthon
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #10 (February, 1969)
A Lemurian who served Naga as leader of the Questers. Karthon killed Naga and became ruler of Lemuria.
- Klingon Promotion: Killed his king Naga and became the new ruler of Lemuria.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: He was loyal to Naga until the mad king killed a woman and disguised her with illusions as Namor's wife Dorma. The woman Naga killed was Karthon's sister.
- Worthy Opponent: He and Namor came to consider each other this.
Lemuel Dorcas
Lemuel Dorcas
Alter Ego: Dr. Lemuel Dorcas
Notable Aliases: Lemuel Dorcus
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #5 (September, 1968)
Doctor Lemuel Dorcas was a marine biologist, genetic engineer, inventor and would-be conqueror.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Developed an obsession with Songbird and intended to make her his slave.
- Body Horror: What's beneath his clothes is not a pretty sight.
- Mad Scientist: Used his knowledge of marine biology to turn Todd Arliss into Tiger Shark. He also gave Orka the powers of a killer whale
- Not Quite Dead: He survived being crushed by his own machine by managing to inject himself with starfish DNA, healing his wounds but also severely mutating him.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: An enemy of Namor, he ended up facing the Thunderbolts when he kidnapped Songbird.
- Villain Team-Up: He has worked with practically all of Namor's major rogues, like Attuma, Llyra, Byrrah and Tiger Shark.
- White Mask of Doom: Wears a blank mask to cover his disfigured face.
Llyra
Llyra
Alter Ego: Llyra Morris
Notable Aliases: Laurie Morris
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #32 (December, 1970)
Llyra is a half-lemurian mutant. She was born in Hawaii to Rhonda Morris and Llyron (a Lemurian). Llyra suffers from multiple personality disorder.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Before she became a snake-woman she merely had green skin and green hair.
- A Family Affair: Llyra was also sleeping with her husband Merro's father Naga.
- Ambition is Evil: Nothing will stop her from getting the throne of Atlantis.
- Arch-Enemy: Alongside Attuma. She murdered his wife Dorma, caused Namora's "death", was involved in the death of his human father, and tricked him into siring his Evil Knockoff Llyron by disguising herself as Susan Richards.
- Green and Mean: She has green skin and is an enemy of both Namor and the Fantastic Four.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Her mother was the human Rhonda Morris while her father was the Lemurian Llyron.
- Hero Killer: She's the one who killed Namor's lover Dorma.
- Lady in Red: Her original outfits were revealing red clothes.
- One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: She seduced Leon McKenzie/Black Moray, Namor's nephew disguised as Phoebe Marss and from that one-night stand she conceived her son Llyron.
- One-Steve Limit: Her name is very similar to Lyra and Lyja. Not helped that all three ladies have green skin (Lyra is She-Hulk and Lyja is a Skrull).
- Partial Transformation: She has the mutant ability to alter the color of her skin and hair. The observed hues she has adopted are pink and blue skin, and light brown to red-brown hair.
- Snake People: Originally she only looked green-skinned like most Lemurians, but eventually she developed a snake-like tail thanks to her worship of the god Set.
- Split Personality: Her schizophrenia developed into an actual separate personality.
Llyron
Llyron
Alter Ego: Llyron Mackenzie
First Appearance: Namor the Sub-Mariner #54 (September, 1994)
Namor's bloodline flows through Llyron's body and he would serve as king of Atlantis for a brief moment. He returns to the surface world as the leader of Fathom Five and face numerous heroes including Warbird, Genis-Vell and the Thunderbolts.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Inherited his mother's sea green skin.
- Dead Guy Junior: Named after his maternal grandfather Llyron.
- Evil Knockoff: Essentially created by his mother to be this.
- Flying Brick: Just like Namor, he has ankle wings that allow him to fly.
- Half-Human Hybrid: More like a quarter human hybrid, since his mother Llyra Morris is half-Lemurian, half-human.
- Lineage Comes from the Father: While his father Leon MacKenzie wasn't an Atlantean, his blood relationship to Namor is what made the Atlantean Council to choose him as Namor's successor for a brief time.
- Mother Makes You King: His mother Llyra intended to use him to take control of Atlantis.
- My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction when he returns to Atlantis and realizes he's spreading the radiation poisoning inflicted on him by Chen Lu to his fellow Atlanteans.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: On the receiving end at the hands of Radioactive Man, and he only barely managed to escape.
- Rapid Aging: He was aged into adulthood by the scientist Vyrra so her mother could use him to take the throne of Atlantis.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He looks a lot like his great-uncle Namor.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: Just like his great-uncle Namor, he only dresses in a speedo.
Machan
Machan
Notable Aliases: Tommy Machan, Admiral Roman Peterson
First Appearance: Invaders #1 (December 2018)
A former war comrade of Namor's, who became a split personality within Namor's mind.
- Body Surf: He eventually shifts himself out of Namor's mind into that of Namor's family friend Roman Peterson.
- Toxic Friend Influence: Urges Namor to do terrible things for the sake of Atlantis and/or eradicating war.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He was born from Namor's guilt and grief over the loss of the original Tommy Machan, and of a desire to end war.
Manowar
Manowar
First Appearance: Fantastic Four Unlimited #11 (September, 1995)
Manowar is a mutated jellyfish that belongs to the sea-dwelling terrorist group called the Fathom Five.
- Combat Tentacles: Manowar possesses multiple tentacles which allow him to grab and hold his enemies.
- Mysterious Past: It isn't exactly clear how did Manowar mutate into its current form.
- Shock and Awe: Manowar can emit up to twenty thousand volts of electricity to anyone within his grasp.
- Token Non-Human: More like Token Non-Humanoid. While the other members of the Fathom Five are Atlanteans, and as such human-like, Manowar is a mutated jellyfish that looks nothing like a human.
- Uplifted Animal: Manowar is a mutated jellyfish that has the ability to extend its skin membrane allowing him to engulf his victims.
Naga
Naga
Alter Ego:
Notable Aliases: King Naga
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #9 (January, 1969)
A dead tyrant who ruled the undersea kngdom of Lemuria. He enforced his rule with the power of the Serpent Crown and as a worshiper of Set.
- Artifact of Doom: The Serpent Crown, an artifact left by the Elder God Set.
- Bad Boss: Destroyed his Searchers minus Karthon as a simple display of the Serpent Crown's power.
- Evil Old Folks: He's downright ancient and an evil worshipper of Set.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His skin is green and his robes are purple.
Nagala
Nagala
Notable Aliases: Mistress Nagala
First Appearance: Defenders Vol 2 #7 (September, 2001)
Nagala was a Lemurian sorceress, the daughter of an unidentified father and of Palatyne, and as such a descendent and heir to Naga, and a descendent of the Elder God Set.
- Green and Mean: She's a Lemurian and a descendant of Set, meaning green is her default color.
Orka
Orka
Notable Aliases: Tooth-Face, Killer Whale
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #23 (March, 1970)
Orka is an Atlantean who was augmented by Dr. Dorcas to fight Namor the Sub-Mariner.
- Animal Motifs: A killer whale. He's huge, strong and aggressive, as well as much faster than he looks.
- The Beastmaster: Orka also possessed at least some degree of telepathic powers that enabled him to mentally communicate with and control killer whales.
- The Big Guy: He's huge and his usual contribution to whatever team he is at is strength.
- Evil Is Bigger: He's 11ft/335cm tall, much taller than Namor.
- Heel–Face Turn: He joined the Heroes for Hire for a time and later joined Namor's Defenders of the Deep.
- Lightning Bruiser: Orka, despite his great size, was capable of running and moving at speeds beyond the capabilities of the finest human athlete.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Thanks to the layers of blubber beneath his skin, Orka is much harder to injure than a regular Atlantean, who are already much resilient than humans.
Piranha
Piranha
Notable Aliases: Man-Fish
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #70 (May, 1974)
Piranha is a fish that was mutated into humanoid form.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: He and his Men-Fish were turned into zombies by Zombie and the head of zombie Deadpool (Headpool) when they ended at the bottom of the sea.
- Fish People: Looks like a humanoid fish, although not exactly a piranha.
- Mooks: The Defenders of the Deep used lesser Piranhas as mooks during their fight against the Avengers and Winter Guard.
- Uplifted Animal: It was originally a regular fish until he was mutated into a humanoid by Dr. Dorcas.
Sea Leopard
Sea Leopard
First Appearance: Namor the Sub-Mariner #52 (July, 1994)
Sea Leopard is from a legendary race called the Ancients, and is also a member of the Fathom Five. Sea Leopard has come into conflict with Namor, Andromeda, Attuma and the Thunderbolts.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: His skin is deep blue, which is darker than the average Atlantean.
- Animal Motifs: A sea-dwelling leopard.
- Mind Probe: Sea Leopard has some telepathic abilities. He can probe the minds of anyone in close proximity and predict their movements.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is unknown.
- Prehensile Tail: Sea Leopard's tail is strong enough to snap the spine of small cetaceans and sharp enough to puncture a person's body.
Tiger Shark
Tiger Shark
Alter Ego: Todd Arliss
Notable Aliases: Arlys Tigershark
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #5 (September, 1968)
Tiger Shark is a human who has had his DNA modified to include a tiger shark's and Namor's DNA. He was originally an Olympic medal-winning swimmer who was badly hurt saving a man from drowning. Unable to swim due to his injury and desperate to find treatment, he agreed to Dr. Dorcas's genetic experiments. The resulting mutations drove him mad and led him to try and conquer Atlantis.
- Animal Theme Naming: His name is based on his appearance.
- Artificial Animal People: Genetically modified into a human/tiger shark hybrid, in addition to a little of Namor's DNA.
- Ax-Crazy: Dorcas's experiments badly damaged his sanity.
- Combo Platter Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, healing and an aquatic physiology.
- Fish People: He's a swimmer turned into a Atlantean/Human/Tiger Shark guy.
- Got Volunteered: Namor forcefully drafted him to his Defenders of the Deep.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He injured his back saving a man from drowning and could never swim again. He was so desperate to treat his injuries that he volunteered for Dr. Dorcas's warped experiments.
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: Made of adamantium.
- One Degree of Separation: His sister Diane Arliss is married to the hero Walter Newell/Stingray, who was a member of the Avengers. Newell even tried to defend him from being forcefully recruited by Namor to his Defenders of the Deep.
- Pointy Ears: Another thing he obtained from Namor's DNA.
- Scary Teeth: His shark teeth.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His signature colors are purple and orange.
- Secretly Selfish: The main reason he saved the guy from drowning was so he could parlay it into even more endorsements and fame than he already had.
- Shark Man: While at first he still looked mostly human other than his sharp teeth, he's been mutated all the way into a humanoid shark.
Tyrak
Tyrak the Terrible
Alter Ego: Tyrak
Notable Aliases: Tyrak the Treacherous
First Appearance: Avengers #154 (December, 1976)
A warrior in service to Attuma.
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: Tyrak wears gloves equipped with claws of steel, able to cut almost anything
- The Dragon: For Attuma. He shared the position during Fear Itself with Aradnea and Tiger Shark.
- Instant Sedation: His gloves come with a device capable of launching a sedative gas.
- Sibling Team: With his sister Aradnea.
- Super Not-Drowning Skills: Because of surgical implants that Attuma's scientists gave him he can survive on land indefinitely
Warlord Krang
Warlord Krang
Alter Ego: Krang
First Appearance: Fantastic Four Annual Vol. 1, #1
Warlord Krang is a nobleman of Atlantis and a long time foe of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner.
- Apparently Human Merfolk: Other than his blue skin and pointy ears, he's very similar to humans.
- Bald of Evil: He's an Atlantean that's completely bald.
- Beard of Evil: Has a classical goatee.
- We Used to Be Friends: Back in Namor's youth he was one of his advisors.
