Namor McKenzie | |
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Series | Marvel Comics |
Age | Unknown |
Birthday | Unknown |
Sex | Male |
Species | Unknown |
Height | 6'3" (191 cm) |
Weight | 278 lbs (126 kg) |
Alignment | Lawful Neutral |
“ | In the name of Father Neptune, now does Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis, Emperor of the Deep, Lord of the Seven Seas and Supreme Commander of the undersea legions, duly proclaim for all to witness... the victory is truly mine! Let no man deny that Namor is, and ever shall be, Prince of the Blood! | „ |
~ Namor |
Namor McKenzie, also known as the Sub-Mariner, is a superhero from Marvel Comics.
Background[]
Namor was born in the capital city of the initially unnamed Atlantean empire, then located off the Antarctic coast. His mother was Emperor Thakorr's daughter, Fen, and his father an American sea captain, Leonard McKenzie, of the icebreaker Oracle; they had fallen in love and married aboard ship while she was, unbeknownst to him, spying on the human intruders. When Fen did not return, Atlantean warriors attacked the Oracle, evidently killing McKenzie, and returned Fen to her kingdom. The pink-skinned mutant Namor was subsequently born among the blue-skinned Atlanteans. He became the Prince of Atlantis, and a warrior for his people against the "surface-dwellers". He became friends with New York City police woman Betty Dean, and when the U.S. entered World War II, he began fighting the Axis powers. In flashback stories beginning in the 1970s, he was retconned as a member of the Allied superhero team the Invaders, consisting originally of himself, Captain America, Bucky, the original Human Torch, and Toro.
Namor is injured after the war, and is shown living in the flophouse Bowery district of Manhattan as an amnesiac derelict. Regaining his memory in this story, he becomes enraged upon learning that the original site of Atlantis was destroyed by nuclear testing, its inhabitants evacuated. Namor vows revenge on humanity, but after several attacks thwarted by superheroes, he finds his people and launches an unsuccessful invasion of New York City.
Namor later returns to Atlantis to marry his royal cousin, Lady Dorma. The evil princess Llyra of Lemuria, another undersea culture, kidnaps and replaces Dorma at the wedding, hoping to usurp Namor's kingdom. Though Namor's marriage to Dorma is still official, she dies as a result of Llyra's machinations. Namor finally meets his father, long thought dead, only to lose him when McKenzie gives his life in battle against the supervillain Tiger Shark.
Namor allies with the "non-team" the Defenders. After being deposed from his throne, Namor joins the superhero team the Avengers. He is briefly married to Marrina, an aquatic alien and a member of the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight. She is later presumed killed, but she is later revealed to be in a coma, of which Namor is unaware.
Father-daughter oceanographers Caleb and Carrie Alexander, theorizing that Namor's propensity toward rage is due to his half-human half-Atlantean blood chemistry, equip Namor with a monitor to warn when he has to seek either air or water. This allows Namor to control his metabolism. He collects sunken treasures to finance his secret purchase of a corporation he renames Oracle Inc., which he turns to conservation and environmental purposes. Later, Namor loses his ankle-wings during a battle with the animated garbage-monster Sluj, but they are later restored. While continuing his business endeavors, Namor travels to the dimension of K'un-L'un, where he finds and brings back the superhero Iron Fist, who had been presumed dead for many months. Namor once again rules Atlantis, and Oracle begins sponsoring the charitable super-group Heroes for Hire.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Mutant/Atlantean Physiology: Namor's powers come from his being a unique hybrid of Atlantean Homo mermanus and mutant Homo superior physiologies. Because of his unusual genetic heritage, Namor is unique among both ordinary humans and Atlanteans; he is sometimes referred to as "Marvel's first mutant," because, while the majority of his observed superhuman powers come from the fact that he's a hybrid of Human and Atlantean DNA, his ability to fly can't be explained by either side (as Atlanteans are an offshoot of "baseline" humanity).
- Amphibious Physiological Adaptation: Namor's body is specially developed for underwater conditions, granting him specialized blood circulation to withstand freezing temperatures and highly developed vision to see clearly even in murky ocean depths. This hybrid physiology means he can survive indefinitely underwater or on land, though he would still need occasional contact with water to survive.
- Superhuman Strength: Like all Atlanteans, Namor is superhumanly strong, but his physical strength is greater than that of any member of his superhuman race. The exact level of his strength is dependent upon his physical contact with water and his strength diminishes slowly the longer he is out of contact with it. Out of the water, Namor was able to defeat Luke Cage with ease and use his body as a club to knock out the She-Hulk by striking her by surprise from behind. He was shown as an even match for the Thing in the same issue. Underwater, he battered the Red Hulk and stopped him from getting to the surface until he threw him out. Namor has on occasion even knocked out the Savage Hulk, and has also had good performance against other notably powerful opponents such as Hercules. Namor once briefly faced the Silver Surfer, withstanding a point blank blast and knocking him down by counter attacking. He was also able to hold his own against the Sentry for a little while, but Emma Frost mentally convinced the Sentry to stop, since Namor couldn't win. He has been seen several times lifting thousands of tons without effort. Namor once swam against a temporal storm for a brief period, even pressing on despite getting dehydrated by that act. Furthermore, Namor's physical prowess is so great that he has been referred to as one of the most powerful beings on the planet. Namor's strength was later increased and far exceeds his normal levels.
- Superhuman Speed: Namor can run and move at speeds greater than even the finest human athlete. His speed is greatest, however, while swimming. Whereas most Atlanteans can swim at speeds greater than 60 miles per hour, Namor has shown that he can reach a speed of over 300 knots or 345 mph.
- Superhuman Stamina: Namor's advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of normal human beings, and most other Atlanteans for that matter. At his peak, Namor can physically exert himself for at least more than 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. Namor's stamina, much like his strength, steadily declines the longer he is out of contact with water and will diminish to the point where he only has slightly greater stamina than the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Agility: Namor's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete. He can perform acrobatic feats in the air sufficient to enable him to easily evade/dodge most military aircraft.
- Superhuman Reflexes: Namor's reflexes are similarly heightened and are superior to those of the finest human athlete since he can react at impressive levels of super speed-as demonstrated through his catching missiles and throwing them back at their point of origin.
- Superhuman Durability: The tissues of Namor's body are much harder and more resistant to physical injury than those of normal human beings and most other Atlanteans. Namor can withstand tremendous impact forces, high caliber bullets, falls from orbital heights, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, blows from powerful superhumans, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury.
- Aquatic Healing: If he was somehow injured, Namor's body can heal damaged tissue faster and much more extensively than a human or most Atlanteans. Namor's accelerated healing is at its peak while he is immersed in water, but does diminish the longer he is out of contact with water or if he is completely dry.
- Radiation Absorption: Namor can absorb certain levels of radiation. His potential is unknown, but the full power of the Radioactive Man is enough to rapidly drain him of his strength.
- Extended Longevity: Atlanteans age much slower and live much longer than human beings with the average Atlantean lifespan being about 120 years. Namor, at this time, is considered to be in his physical prime.
- Underwater Breathing: Like all Atlanteans, Namor can breathe indefinitely underwater due to having gills located behind his ears. Unlike most Atlanteans, however, Namor can also breathe on land indefinitely as well, without the aid of breathing devices, whereas most Atlanteans can only survive being out of the water for a matter of minutes.
- Aquatic Telepathy: Namor possesses a telepathic rapport with all forms of marine life. He is able to mentally communicate with most forms of marine life and can mentally persuade them to do his bidding. Namor can also mentally communicate with other Atlanteans (giving mental/telepathic orders to all his men) and possibly humans as well, should he develop his power to its fullest.
- Electrolocation: Like some fish, Namor has a limited ability to navigate by sensing faint electrical currents within the water.
- Enhanced Senses:
- Augmented Vision: Namor's enhanced vision enables him to penetrate the ocean's depths and see through murky water.
- Super Hearing: Namor once boasted that he could hear a school of fish change direction half an ocean away, that when the ocean currents alter by a single degree he'd know it.
- Flight: Namor also possesses vestigial "wings" on both of his ankles, by which he seems to fly at the speed of escape velocity when exerting himself fully. His flight speed at "normal" levels is enough to enable Namor to fly faster than military aircraft. Since the "wings" by themselves could never carry Namor, it has been speculated that he uses the wings for steering and flies in some other manner, perhaps by telekinesis. Namor's ability to lift weights when flying is sufficient to enable him carry a 50-ton anchor with one hand without a discernible loss of speed/momentum.
- Atmokinesis: Without the aid of his Trident, Namor is capable of manipulating weather phenomena in a similar vein to Storm of the X-Men. Having once caused heavy rain showers to douse Johnny Storm's flame form in a brief fight.
- Hydrokinesis: Siphoning off the aqua based abilities of Hydro-Man gave Namor hydrokinetic powers. Able to wield enough power to part a large section of water with ease as well as flood a prison cell several thousand miles away from water.
- Water Emission/"Sprinkler System": Namor displayed the ability to extinguish himself when set aflame, water spraying from his skin in a manner explicitly likened to a sprinkler system.
- Aquatic Life Mimicry: The Sub-Mariner has the ability to mimic the characteristics of all the undersea creatures. Some of the abilities he has demonstrated are:
- Sonar: Namor possesses a natural form of sonar.
- Hybrid Sense: He can follow radio beams.
- Lateral Lines: Namor can detect subtle movement or vibrations around him, particularly underwater.
- Bioelectricity: Namor can discharge bio-electricity similar to an electric eel, but seldom uses it. He seems to be able to absorb certain energies and convert them into bio-electricity; blasts similar to his own such as from the Wasp seem easiest to absorb. It would appear that he needs to absorb energy from outside sources to produce a charge.
- Shield Negation: To that end Namor can even use his Bio-Electric aura to short out Susan Storm Richard's invisibility based abilities as well as her force barriers to render her visible to the naked eye.
- Expert Combatant: Namor's extended lifespan and his involvement in numerous conflicts both under the sea and in human wars have granted him a great deal of experience in hand-to-hand combat. Growing up, he demonstrated natural skill in both armed and unarmed combat and likely received extensive training in both later on. He is a master swordsman, marksman, and is capable of wielding other weapons such as spears but rarely does so due to his preference of hand-to-hand combat.
- Bold Diplomat: Namor is also a highly skilled leader and capable ruler.
- Diplomatic Immunity: As the leader of a sovereign nation, he often visits the United States or the United Nations for political reasons. He employs diplomatic immunity during these trips.
- Expert Tactician: He is a highly accomplished tactician.
- Multilingual: Namor speaks virtually every language on Earth.
- Skilled Engineer: He is adept at designing and improving Atlantean technology.
- Talented Business Executive: Ever since he was a teenager, he proved to be very adept in the field of business, as it came easy to him.
Equipment[]
- Trident of Neptune: Namor's signature weapon, Neptune's Trident is in part made of Enchanted Adamantine while probably possessing numerous other properties many of which have yet to be completely revealed, the Trident is capable of many things centering but not limited to water-base feats. This allows Namor to use many capabilities such as:
- Water Manipulation: Ability to control any body of water, create water elementals, speed ships and other water vehicles with water, create fogs and storms of high intensity, summon waves of water to propel him at great speeds, and create earthquakes by increasing water pressure.
- Mystic Beams: (Protruding from the trident) It's been constantly depicted that lights or lasers of many colors with many of their own attributes from healing, damaging, cursing and granting.
- Mystic Formation: A unique power to transform objects, willing subjects, and even the wielder, to any desired form with added abilities.
- Horn of Proteus: A horn that allows Namor to summon and control many of the sea monsters and mutates found in the sea. All that was known of the Horn’s origin is that is was a gift of the early Atlanteans. The Horn resembled a three-foot long spiral shell. He can also summon a Giganto (A giant whale with arms) to attack the surface world (The Giganto is tough to survive an atomic warhead, and yet it is still outclassed by Namor´s physicality).
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Smashed a human to paste with his bare hands.
- Stopped a torpedo with his bare hands.
- Knocked Wolverine out with a single punch.
- Punched Doctor Doom through his own ship.
- Ripped the arm of a Sentinel and used that arm to destroy an another Sentinel.
- Made Sentry bleed with a punch.
- Punched the Hulk so hard he sent him flying out of the depths of the ocean and onto a nearby beach
- Made Thanos bleed with a punch.
- Turned a shark inside out
- Caught a ship thrown by Attuma.
- Threw a tank from the ground to a plane and other tank feats.
- Lifted up a giant pile of rubble.
- Held up a sub above his head.
- Almost completely lifted up a destroyer out of the water
- After the Sorcerer Kahn trapped Doctor Doom, Namor, a boat, and a lot of ocean into a bottle, Namor punched his way out.
- With the help of Tamara and Tiger Shark, Namor punched through a couple thousand tons of rock.
- Threw Ares' axe and embedded it in Iron Man.
- A dehydrated Namor broke out of a full-body Nazi machine
- Swung Scylla into Charbidys
- Threw Dynorr into a colosseum so hard the colosseum collapsed
- Threw two people from the bottom of the ocean floor to the surface
- Beat up Super Skrull
- Has consistently fought the Incredible Hulk
- Held up the island Utopia.
- Broke the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.
Speed[]
- Hurled his trident at the speed of thought.
- Outswam a heat-seeking missile.
- Dodged a laser from one of Doctor Doom's robots.
- Blitzed Iron Man after deflecting one of his weapons.
- Can keep up with a speeding Black Bolt, Doctor Strange and Iron Man.
- Alongside Mar-Vell, flew from sea to space.
- Charged and caught up to a flying Human Torch and proceeded to dodge several attacks from him
- Swam fast enough to create whirlwinds
- Dodged several Scarlet Scarab blasts.
- Taken by surprise, and still dodged gunfire.
- Dodged several Sunfire blasts.
- Dodged several blasts from Golden Girl.
- Dodged a Sentinel blast.
Durability[]
- Survived a hit from a hammer that destroyed the entire nation of Atlantis.
- Tanked lasers that can melt titanium and was only slightly annoyed.
- Survived a mountain crumbling on top of him.
- Is completely bulletproof.
- Survived immense heat from the Human Torch.
- Endured thousand volts of electricity.
- While dehydrated, survived thousands of tons of water-pressure compressed into a hail of Dr. Hydro's Hydrocules.
- Took Doctor Doom's punches.
- Flew through billions of gallons of ignited oil
- Tanked a depth charge that could be felt for miles
- Walked through a field of landmines like it was nothing
- Immune to radiation
- Got hit through three separate biomes
- A dehydrated Namor was struck by an enhanced cactus, and the needles didn’t harm him
- Stood up after getting hit by solidified light
- Swims around in water pressure that would split The Thing's head like a 'ripe tomato'
- Facetanked a blast from Cyclops
Skill[]
- The King of Atlantis
- One of Marvel’s first superheroes
- Capable of taking on Wolverine
- Beats up Nazis a lot
- Defeated Orka, Tiger Shark, and Attuma.
- Defeated the Atlantean Kamar by using his own son Nitro as a living bomb to destroy Atlantis
- Really, really rich
- Took down the Hulk on numerous occasions.
- Fought evenly with Hercules.
- Beated up Super Skrull.
- Expelled Doctor Strange from his mind.
- Tamed Griffin.
- Broke free of the Puppet Master's control.
- Enveloped New York with a tidal wave.
- Made out with a humanoid tapeworm queen.
- Resisted Purple Man's mind control powers.
- Survived being in the Dr. Seuss World (no joke).
Weaknesses[]
- Water Deficiency: When not exposed to water, many of Namor’s physical attributes gradually decline and can reach a point where he possesses only a small fraction of his powers. Namor's strength, stamina, and durability are affected most and, at their minimum known level, are much closer to the levels possessed by the vast majority of other Atlanteans. Renewed exposure to water will immediately restore his abilities. He does not need to be submerged; even a spray is sufficient.
- Oxygen Imbalance: Namor has demonstrated a vulnerability to oxygen imbalance when remaining too long in either water or air, resulting in manic-depressive mood swings.
- Bipolar Tendencies: Namor is believed to be in the midst of an imbalance during the times in which he becomes angry very easily, which he is well known for, and is unable to think clearly and logically. He can prevent this imbalance, however, by dividing his time between the two atmospheres. He has occasionally used scientific or magical means to regulate his oxygen levels. With the imbalance properly controlled, Namor has shown himself to be a much more capable leader and generally much easier to be in contact with.
- Head Problems: Though the complete circumstances are unknown, if hit just right, Namor has at times succumbed to physical head injuries very easily, such as being knocked out by a lead pipe wielded by a normal human man. This may come from oxygen imbalance or after the permanent head damage he suffered by the psychic Destiny. Still, there are times he has withstood constant high force attacks, such as the Hulk's fist.
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder): Part of the real reason why Namor suffers from a deeper mental and emotional imbalance is due to the psychological scaring he'd incurred at the atrocities committed by both sides of the conflict during World War II. He is chronically stuck reliving the harsh memories of all the horrors seen back in the day and as a result was left severely damaged as a person, causing him to fly off in fits of rage whenever such memories are triggered.
- Dehydration: Very powerful heat-based attacks are somewhat of a concern, as they cause dehydration, causing his body to dry faster, and weaken at an accelerated rate.
- Pollution: If Namor is immersed in or exposed to polluted water, it can have a negative effect both on his physiology and the efficiency of his physical attributes.
- Wings: Despite being incapable of providing lift, Namor's wings seem to be essential to his flying abilities, and their loss renders him grounded. These appendages seem to be slow to heal when damaged, given that after losing them, he required an extended period of time to regrow them.
Fun Facts[]
- Namor was the very first Marvel character who has a history that spans over 70 years of publication and has been repeatedly identified as Marvel's first mutant (introduced in 1939).
- He really likes pizza.