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Religion: Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion 
Name: The Sub-Mariner
Alter Ego: Namor
Other Names: Namor the Sub-Mariner; Namor McKenzie; The Avenging Son; Old Man; Sealord; Mak-Kenzee; Fen-Son; Rex; Lord Mariner Numemor; Dr. Saki; Merman
Classification:
hero
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (Apr. 1939): "Here is the Sub-Mariner!"
Creators: Bill Everett
Number of appearances: 1,864
Comic book appearances: 1,856
TV, film appearances: 7
Video game, computer game appearances: 1
Teams/Affiliations: Invaders; All-Winners Squad; Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men
Foe of: Tiger Shark, Attuma
Allies: Namorita
Occupation: king
Nation: Atlantis
Race: Atlantean-human hybrid
Gender: male
BELOW: The Hulk and Namor the Sub-Mariner join forces, united in their hatred for humanity: Upon meeting the Hulk for the first time, Prince Namor tells the green behemoth: "We BOTH share a burning hatred for the human race! If we act TOGETHER, we can bring humanity to its knees!" The Hulk concurs, saying, "I hate humans, too!" Their shared hatred for humans is somewhat ironic, given he fact that Namor is half-human and the Hulk's alter-ego is fully human.
Source: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!", pg. 17-18. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman. See also: hate; The Hulk (Bruce Banner); The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
BELOW: Namor to the Avengers: "I pray we meet again!": This may not be the most sincere ever prayer uttered. It's probably not really a "prayer" at all. Namor is actually hoping for another chance to battle the Avengers and exact his revenge against humanity.
Source: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!", pg. 25, panel 7. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman. See also: pray; The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
BELOW: After the Hulk (as Bruce Banner) flees the battle against the Avengers, his ally Sub-Mariner finds yet another reason to hate humanity: Namor exclaims: "He DESERTED me... BETRAYED me! Now I realize NO human can be trusted! I despise you ALL!"
Source: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!", pg. 25, panel 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman. See also: hate; betrayal; Iron Man (Tony Stark); The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
BELOW: The alliance between the Hulk and Sub-Mariner is a tenuous one: Although temporarily allied against the Avengers, they are both already thinking about betraying each other.
Source: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!", pg. 18, panel 3. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman. See also: betrayal; The Hulk (Bruce Banner); The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
From: "Any Christian Superheroes?" forum discussion, started 22 April 2004 on the rec.arts.comics.dc.universe newsgroup website (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/browse_thread/thread/4e5839f075fecf76/394c4ad930a0e68c; viewed 20 June 2006):
From: Gustavo Wombat
Date: Thurs, Apr 22 2004 12:03 pmI can't think of any major superheroes that strongly believe in any real faith, and that surprises me. Certainly not in the DC Universe. I think there are more minority superheroes than religious ones...
From: AJSolis
Date: Fri, Apr 23 2004 2:12 amDon't the Atlanteans still venerate the Greek gods in DC? I've gotten that impression anyway. (Aquaman didn't seem to have any problem interacting with the Greek gods). Namor of the Marvel Atlantis seems to venerate the Greek gods anyway...
From: "Religious Characters In Marvel" forum discussion, started 15 September 2006 on the Comic Book Resources website (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/archive/index.php/t-143850.html; viewed 25 May 2007):
Nogs
09-15-2006, 09:01 PMThe other day I was thinking about religion and comic books... What I'm interested in is the way religious characters are portrayed in comic books...
I think the first step is listing what characters are what religion...
LordEd1976
09-15-2006, 09:55 PM...I believe the Atlanteans still worship Neptune
I think I remember an old New Mutants story that featured a group of people that still worshiped Hercules...
This character is in the following 352 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The 3-Minute Sketchbook #1 (Oct. 2007)
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All Select Comics #1 (Fall 1943): "Battles the Bloody Baron" (lead character)All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946): "The Crime of the Ages"Alpha Flight (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1986): "Love"The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #282 (Nov. 1986): "The Fury of X-Factor!" (only on cover)Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (1-panel cameo)The AvengersAvengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005) (1-panel cameo)Avengers/Invaders #1 (July 2008): "Book One: Old Soldiers, New Wars"Avengers: The Initiative #26 (Sep. 2009): "Up Is Down" (photo/picture/video)AVX: VS #1 (June 2012): "The Thing vs. Namor, The Sub-Mariner" (lead character)Black PantherBlonde PhantomCaptain AmericaCaptain America 70th Anniversary Magazine #20 (Winter 2011): "Captain America Joins... The Avengers!"Captain America: Man Out of Time #5 (May 2011): "Part 5"Captain America: Reborn #3 (Nov. 2009)Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)Citizen V And The V-Battalion: The Everlasting #1 (Mar. 2002): "Time Enough for Living" (cameo)Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)Cloak and Dagger (vol. 2) #9 (Nov. 1986): "The Lady and the Unicorn" (only on cover)Conspiracy #2 (Mar. 1998): "Print the Legend"DaredevilDark AvengersDark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (Nov. 2009): "Utopia: Conclusion"Dark Reign Files #1 (Apr. 2009)Dark Reign: Young AvengersDark X-Men: The BeginningDC/Marvel All Access #1 (Dec. 1996): "The Crossing!"Deadpool (vol. 3) #900 (Dec. 2009): "One Down" (toy)The DefendersDoctor Strange (vol. 2) #31 (Oct. 1978): "A Death for Immortality"Doomwar #6 (Sep. 2010): "Doomwar, Part 6" (cameo)Earth X #2 (May 1999): "Chapter Two"Fantastic Five (vol. 1) #5 (Feb. 2000): "In Search of Doom"Fantastic FourFantastic Four Unlimited #11 (Sep. 1995): "No Man Is An Island" (lead character)Fantastic Four: Atlantis RisingFantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine!Giant-Size Avengers (vol. 2) #1 (Feb. 2008): "Memorial Day"Giant-Size DefendersHeroes for HireHulkHulk Smash Avengers #3 (July 2012): "Once an Avenger..." (cameo)The Human Torch Comics #7 (Spring 1942): "Sub-Mariner Slaughters the Japs On Wake Island!" (lead character)The Incredible HulkInvaders Annual #1 (Aug. 1977): "Okay, Axis -- Here We Come!"Iron ManIron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (Apr. 1968): "Call Him Destiny... or Call Him Death!" (lead character)Iron Man Annual #10 (Aug. 1989): "Two If By Sea"Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939): "The Sub-Mariner" (lead character)Marvel Comics PresentsMarvel Double-Shot #3 (Mar. 2003): "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (1-panel cameo)Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #16 (Sep. 1984): "A Fable" (lead character)Marvel FeatureMarvel Knights 4Marvel Knights Spider-ManMarvel Mystery ComicsMarvel Premiere #30 (June 1976): "Hey, Ma! They're Blitzin' the Bronx!"Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #27 (Apr. 1976): "Death Is the Symbionic Man!" (lead character)Marvel Super-Hero Contest of ChampionsMarvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #8 (Jan. 1992): "Leftovers" (lead character)Marvel Team-UpMarvel Two-in-OneMarvel UniverseMarvel Universe: Millennial VisionsMarvel Universe: The EndMarvel: The Lost GenerationMarvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)The Marvels ProjectMaximum Security #3 (Jan. 2001): "Whatever the Cost!"Moon Knight Saga (Oct. 2009) (1-panel cameo)Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (Apr. 1939): "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" (lead character)Namor, the Sub-MarinerThe New AvengersThe New Mutants (vol. 1) #45 (Nov. 1986): "We Were Only Foolin'" (only on cover)New ThunderboltsThe OrderPeter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #53 (Apr. 2003): "Rules of the Game" (cameo)The Secret DefendersSecret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 (Feb. 2009)Secret Wars IISolo Avengers #17 (Apr. 1989): "Greed" (lead character)Strange TalesThe Sub-MarinerSub-Mariner Comics (vol. 1) #40 (June 1955): "Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs" (lead character)Super-Villain Team-Up #1 (Aug. 1975): "Slayers From the Sea!"Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #80 (Aug. 1966): "When Fall the Mighty!"Tales to AstonishThe Thing (vol. 2) #8 (Aug. 2006): "Last Hand"Thor (vol. 2) #4 (Oct. 1998): "From the Ashes"ThunderboltsThe Torch #3 (Jan. 2010) (9-panel cameo)The Uncanny X-MenUniverse X Special: 4 (Oct. 2000)Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual '96What If? (vol. 1) #4 (Aug. 1977): "What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?"X-FactorX-Men (vol. 3) #41 (Apr. 2013): "Tin Man, Part 2" (only on cover)X-Men: Legacy (vol. 1) #275 (Dec. 2012) (only on cover)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SubMariner.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namor
- http://www.comicvine.com/namor/29-1476/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0036469/
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/naanam.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/npnz.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/befbep.htm
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/n.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/suasum.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/mermh.htm