SUB-MARINER

Real Name:

Namor McKenzie

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Other

Category:

Other

Additional Category Info:

Mutant / Genetic subspecies

Alias:

The Avenging Son, G.W. Falton, Rex.

Nationality:

Atlantean American

First Appearance:

Marvel Comics #1

Powers & Abilities:

hybrid possessing superhuman strength, speed, endurance, reflexes, vision, hearing, and durability, amphibious, radar sense, communicate with sealife, absorb and rechannel electrical current, ankle wings, hydrokinetic power to control and manipulate water

Affiliation:

All-Winners Squad, Avengers, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants I, Invaders, Dark X-Men, Deep Six, Defenders, X-Men, X-Men - Extinction Team, The Illuminati, The Cabal, The Cabal II, The Order, Queen's Vengeance, Phoenix Five, Oracle, Inc., Defenders of the Deep

Avengers Membership:

Recruited by Captain America in Avengers (1st series) #262.

Notes:

The Sub-Mariner made his modern debut in Fantastic Four (1st series) #4.

Namor has lost the use of his ankle wings several times in the past, from Sub-Mariner Comics #40, Sub-Mariner (1st series) #18-22, Namor the Sub-Mariner #7-37, and after Sub-Mariner (2nd series) #6. Exposure to nerve toxins in Sub-Mariner (1st series) #67 left him unable to operate on land without a special moisture suit until he was cured by Doctor Doom in Super-Villain Team-Up #13. He had new hydrokinetic powers cultivated from Hydro-Man thanks to Atlantean geneticists, increasing his abilities in Invaders (3rd series) #1.

As a human-Atlantean hybrid, Namor's unique amphibious nature requires him to regularly breathe both air and water. If he spends too long in one environment or another, he develops a chemical imbalance leading to mental instability and past bouts of mania, amnesia, fugue and other issues. This was discovered in Namor the Sub-Mariner #1.

Alternate Versions:

NAMORA.

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SUB-MARINER

Last Updated:

28th April 2023 by Monolith