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  Namor the Sub-Mariner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Namor is an undersea hero originating from the mythical kingdom of Atlantis.
Namor is the son of a human sea captain and a princess of Atlantis (although the Underwater kingdom was left unnamed until the 1960s).
Namor was "missing" for almost a year, and was known as "Rex," until Namorita was able to track him down using a psychic link to him that she had recently discovered.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Namor   (3348 words)

  
 Definition of Namor
A trademark character of Marvel during the 1940s, Namor is the son of a human sea captain and a princess of the mythical undersea kingdom of Atlantis.
Possessing the super strength and aquatic abilities of an Atlantean, Namor was alternatively portrayed as a good-natured but short-fused superhero and hostile invader, seeking vengeance for wrongs misguided surface dwellers committed against his undersea kingdom.
Namor the Sub-Mariner first appeared in 1939 in a giveaway called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly that was printed in fl and white and handed out in movie theatres.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Namor   (415 words)

  
 OAFE - ML2: Namor review
Namor the Sub-Mariner - monarch of the mighty, sunken empire Atlantis - strives to balance his fiery temper with his responsibilities of state.
Namor is able to fly for several hours at speeds of up to 60 mph before tiring, and he possesses limited invulnerability.
Namor, two years older than the pretender to the crown who swims under DC's seas, set the standard by which all aquatic warriors are judged: improved strength, vision and durability, all forged by the pressure of tons of seawater.
www.oafe.net /yo/ml2_namor.php   (620 words)

  
 comicreaders.com - Namor #1
Namor, aka Sub-Mariner, is one of those characters who has never been able to carry his own comic book series.
If you're a fan of the serious, adult Namor you might be interested in learning about his past, watching him move along the tidal waters of life that will eventually bring him into adulthood.
We know this fella is a young Namor, but to the little girl he's just a little friend with whom she can build sand castles.
www.comicreaders.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=239   (660 words)

  
 Namor the Sub-Mariner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Namor the Sub-Mariner, was a fictional character created by Bill Everett in the late 1930s for a giveaway called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly that was printed in fl and white and was intended to be handed out in movie theatres.
The character he gave them was a troubled half-breed, both Human and Atlantean, fighting to save his fabled underwater kingdom from the misguided but dangerous surface-dwellers.
Namor had a short fuse, a naturally untrusting way, and a terrible strength which he unleashed on humans on a whim.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Namor_the_Sub-Mariner.html   (602 words)

  
 Namor (TBA) : Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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.
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.
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.
www.countingdown.com /movies/260279/board?viewpost=3784395   (537 words)

  
 Sub-Mariner
History: Namor was born the hybrid offspring of Princess Fen of Atlantis and an American seaman, Captain Leonard McKenzie.
Namor joined the Invaders, and later, the All-Winners Squad, fighting the Nazi scourge alongside Captain America, the Human Torch, Spitfire and myriad other heroes of the day.
Namor again was dispatched to New York, where he fell afoul of Paul Destiny, who finally had obtained the Helmet of Power and was causing the quakes.
www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/s/submariner.htm   (541 words)

  
 guiadelcomic.com > Cómics > Namor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Así, desde niño Namor siente más curiosidad que el resto de su pueblo por los habitantes de la superficie y de vez en cuando "visita" la superficie, y ya de adolescente acabará enamorándose de una habitante de la superficie.
Namor está presentado como el "título estrella" de la línea Tsunami de Marvel, y para promocionarlo en EEUU el primer número se ha vendido al precio simbólico de 25 centavos.
Namor es un ejemplo perfecto de la reciente tendencia de lo que los yankis ya han dado en llamar "decompressed storytelling" y que se aproxima un poco al ritmo narrativo del cómic japonés, lo que hace que su lectura sea más satisfactoria en tomos recopilatorios que en entregas mensuales en comic-book.
www.guiadelcomic.com /comics/namor.htm   (789 words)

  
 Assassin (Namor foe)
Namor refused, but she didn't listen and kissed him, during which she drugged him.
Namor was infuriated and struck her, and when she easily brushed it off, he realized she wasn't human.
Though Namor tore off one of her arms, the two were about even when the Assassin started to self-destruct.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/assassinnamor.htm   (669 words)

  
 Demon of the Diamonds (Namor character)
However, Namor renewed his strength by drawing energy from the undersea flora and fauna around him (one of his on-again, off-again fish powers).
Namor dodged the several parries from the Demon's blade, striking back mightily and battering the Demon, knocking the hat from his head.
Namor was sent to the Diamonds of Doom by an agent of Neptune.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/demondiamonds.htm   (722 words)

  
 Ink Tank - Comic Book Movie News - Fact Files - Namor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Prince Namor, aka the Sub-Mariner, was an early Marvel character created by Bill Everett, who first appeared in 1939.
He's a dour, brooding heir to the throne of Atlantis, cranky with mankind for all the crap it has dumped into the oceans throughout the centuries.
Namor's not exactly a big name, even in the comic-book world, and it'll take a truly original idea to make a movie work.
www.eonline.com /Features/Features/InkTank/FactFiles/index12.html   (229 words)

  
 Comic Book Movies -- Submariner
At the same time, it will tell the tale of Namor, a man who is torn between the world he grew up in and the world he belongs to.
Namor is part of Marvel's Tsunami initative, and Jemas, Marvel Comics COO, talked about the title during a phone press conference on Wednesday.
"Namor, the Sub-Mariner is a real part of the fabric of Marvel's history and at one time had been one of the most important early characters in the universe," Jemas said.
www.efavata.com /CBM/Submariner.htm   (1236 words)

  
 COMICON.com: NAMOR ENDS AT 12
Namor was part of the Hype machine, while Titans is getting great reviews and has a solid creative team on the book.
The real shame of Namor being yet another element of the Jemas madness is that it will probably be a long time before the radiation level dies down enough to allow interested creators to approach the character again.
Namor has merely come to a logical end and is simultaneously rushing towards a firey (damp)climax.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=001552   (3871 words)

  
 Namor #1
It's a Namor book, and even in boom times, he's always had problems sustaining a title.
Most of the first issue is given over to an extended flashback set-up showing Namor as a child, which has no direct bearing on the rest of the issue.
The final page is particularly confused, with the colouring making it appear that Namor is the character being attacked by the shark.
www.thexaxis.com /misc/namor1.htm   (486 words)

  
 Namor - Comics2Film
Films under license to other studios are Wolverine, The Punisher 2, Magneto, Namor and Luke Cage.
Namor, Black Widow, and Iron Man were also listed, and it was noted that the three were in the Marvel Film-Backed Credit Facility, that is, films that will be produced by Marvel and distributed by Paramount under its agreement.
We call it 'Star Wars Underwater.' Namor was first created in 1939 by Marvel.
www.comics2film.com /ProjectFrame.php?f_id=124   (858 words)

  
 Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
Namor’s Nazi-busting continued throughout the war, taking place in his solo adventures as well, such as in “Terror of the Boiling Seas,” from MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #42 (April 1943).
Namor discovers the heating discs responsible for the atrocity, and after duking it out with the Nazi commandant behind the operation, sabotages the equipment so that the heating discs boil the Nazi command sub instead.
Namor plays possum and is brought before the Venusian robot leader, then traps the whole mess of robots, burying them inside their hidden cavern with a freighter’s worth of coal.
www.moviepoopshoot.com /comics101/64.html   (2285 words)

  
 Namor is coming!!! - The Superhero Hype! Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Namor isn't too far off has David Self continues to tweak the script per Hollywoodreporter today.
Namor is unique for Marvel becaue it represents an entirely new World to present to the audiences.
Namor is cool because he's going to be one pissed Atlantian setting up to attack the surface world.
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=190479   (1531 words)

  
 Daredevil: The Man Without Fear - Volume 1
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Prince of Atlantis, is goaded into visiting the surface world by Krang, commander of the Undersea Legions.
Krang wants Namor killed by humans so he may seize the throne of Atlantis.
Namor goes to NYC looking for a lawyer to present a legal case for conquering the world!
www.manwithoutfear.com /issuesinfo.cgi?issue=7   (361 words)

  
 Earth-Sub-Mariner Had Saved Atlantis From its Destiny
Namor was halted almost immediately when the Greek God of the Seven Seas, Neptune, appeared and presented Namor with his trident.
Following Attuma's defeat, Namor spoke to the populace of Atlantis, revealing that they were now free, but the populace asked why Namor did not return earlier, as Atlantis was now destroyed and the remaining Atlanteans were leaving in self-exile.
Namor vengefully returned to Atlantis, killed Attuma, and freed the Atlanteans, but the remaining Atlanteans opted not to remain in a destroyed Atlantis.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/earthnamorsavedatlantis.htm   (1617 words)

  
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Originally slated to be penciled by a new artist from Japan, Mizuki Sakakibara, it was revealed that Sakakibara had been removed from the title, and Salvador Larocca was replacing her.
Larocca later went on the record with The Pulse to clarify and quash some rumors, saying that many of his original, in-Spanish comments were both said in the heat of the moment and taken out of context, however, Marvel has been quiet until now.
Marvel felt Namor needed a bigger push out of the gate, so Salva was brought in to bring his signature style to the book as well as some much-needed name recognition.
www.newsarama.com /Namor.htm   (640 words)

  
 Sub-Mariner film movie trailer review at The Z Review
Namor was re-introduced to a new generation in the 1960's appearing in Marvel's "Fantastic Four" #4, Marvel's "Tales To Astonish" (approx.
He is the son of 'Leonard McKenzie', Captain of a U.S. Ice Breaker and 'Princess Fen' of the 'Royal House of Atlantis'.
Rumours are circulating that Nicholas Cage is being considered for the role of Namor in Submariner.
www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/s/submariner.shtm   (664 words)

  
 JEMAS, WATSON TALK NAMOR - Page 3 - NEWSARAMA
If this turns out to be the same teenage Namor who, in his first appearance, casually murdered two deep-sea divers, I'll probably enjoy this series.
The Byrne Namor series was very good for about the first 2 years, then fell off.
NAMOR AND THE INVADERS ARE LONG OVERDUE FOR A REVIVAL IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?postid=26847#post26847   (818 words)

  
 KMC Forums - namor or aqua man
Namor would kick ass if Aquaman couldn't use telepathy...but I think he is good enough telepath to take control of Namor.
Namor has been alive two times longer then he is. Aquaman was also raised by some old guy.
Namor was raised by royal family of Atlantis and had the best fighting training available.
www.killermovies.com /forums/f77/t356020.html   (409 words)

  
 COMICON.com: LARROCA TALKS NAMOR
Larroca was impressed with the ideals and concept of the character, Namor.
Namor has always intrigued me and what Sal says about his motives to draw and find out who Namor is and what affected him to be the way he is today, are the same ones I want addressed.
The artowrk for Namor is a clear indication that he is relying on sex to sell thi sbook and he needs an artist that can actually draw atractive TEENAGED boys and girls to get readers.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000758   (2365 words)

  
 Namor, the Sub-Mariner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Namor's strength rapidly diminishes the longer he is out of water.
It is discovered that the tank was thrown by Namor, as he was battling supposed army troops, but which in reality were agents of the
Namor got involved because an old man which had saved his life lived on that island.
www.advancediron.com /vault/namor.php   (402 words)

  
 Marvel Team-Up #14   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Namor has something that has to attend to but Spider-Man keeps him from his mission that he deems is a matter of life and death, and just as their battle comes to a close, a small spaceship comes thrusting out of a building.
Namor yells at the ship calling the person in it a murderer begging it to come back.
Namor begins to explain that it is the villain known as Tiger Shark who has escaped.
www.samruby.com /MtuA/marvelteamup014.htm   (938 words)

  
 Namor, the Sub-Mariner
However she was appalled when the Americans started blasting the ice, reigning destruction down on her people, and she fled back underwater.
Months later she gave birth to a white-skinned son (the Atlanteans were normally blue-skinned), whom she named Namor, "Avenging Son" in the Atlantean tongue.
After discovering they had been living men, Namor was sent to the air-breathing world to forcibly teach them not to intrude on Atlantis.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /s/submarin.htm   (871 words)

  
 Michael Crawford's Review of the Week
The second series of Marvel Legends is now on the shelves, and includes Prince Namor (Sub-Mariner) who had the occasional run-in with the Fantastic Four, Thing from the Fantastic Four, Torch from the Fantastic Four, and Dr. Doom, the greatest nemesis of the Fantastic Four.
The sculpt is intended to mirror the look of Namor depicted on issue 67 of The Savage Sub-Mariner.
Fortunately, they avoided the constipated grimace, kept his mouth shut, and gave him an appropriately serious and grave expression.
www.mwctoys.com /REVIEW_111902.htm   (891 words)

  
 Namor, the Sub-Mariner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The pair married, but when American ships blasted through the ice sheets of the Arctic and destroyed most of Fen's people, she deserted the captain and raised her son, Namor, to hate surface dwellers.
Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s Namor was a derelict in New York's Bowery, until the Human Torch (II) discovered him and helped cure his amnesia.
Since that time Namor has headlined in a drag cabaret in New York City.
www.geocities.com /jjnevins/namor.html   (302 words)

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