Alias

Sub-Mariner
Nick Name

The Avenging Son

Emperor of the Deep

Lord of the Seas

Lord of the Seven Seas

Prince of Atlantis

Prince of the Blood

Prince of the Deep
Civilian ID
Namor McKenzie

Alias

Dr. G.W. Falton

Dr. Saki

Joe Pierre

Karl Schmidt

Mr. Brown

Otto A Ulrich
Occupation

Adventurer

Sovereign of Atlantis
Legal Status
Sovereign of Atlantis
Nation or Planet of Origin
Atlantis, North Atlantic Ocean
Group Affiliation

All-Winner Squadron

Avengers

Deep Six

Defenders

Fantastic Four

Illuminati

Invaders

Order I

Queen's Vengeance

Titans Three
Base of Operations
Atlantis, North Atlantic Ocean
Height
6' 2"
Weight
280 lbs.
Eye Color
Blue-Grey
Hair Color
Black
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Human-Atlantian hybrid resulting in a mutation enabling superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, ankle wings facilitating prolonged flight at 60 miles per hour and amphibian traits enabling breath both above and below water.

Has displayed other abilities akin to the creatures of the sea; including an ability to see via a radar sense like the cave fish, expand his mass like a puffer fish and absorb and redirect electrical energy like an electric eel.

Excellent hand-to-hand combat skills adept in both air, land and sea battle.

Above average intelligence with skills as a warrior, leader and diplomat.

Note: Prolonged periods out of water leave Namor at about half his normal strength.  Due to his hybrid physiology it is possible his mental faculties become erratic if he does not spend equal time on land and in the ocean.  Normal Atlantians are unable to survive outside of the ocean for prolonged periods of time.
Accessories
Resources of the under-sea nation of Atlantis and the creatures of the ocean, both common and unusual.
Common Enemies

Attuma

Dr. Dorcas

Dr. Doom I

Fantastic Four

Hulk II

Human Torch I

Kraken

Krang

Magneto I

MODOK

Orka

Plunderer

Serpent Squad

Tiger Shark
Regularly Appearing

All-Select Comics

All-Winners Comics

Avengers Vol. 1 & 3

Blonde Phantom

Daring Comics

Fantastic Four Vol. 1, 2 & 3

Human Torch Vol. 1

Invaders Vol. 1 & 2

Marvel Comics

Marvel Mystery Comics

Namor

Namora

Sub-Mariner Vol. 1, 2 & 3

Tales to Astonish  Vol. 1

Young Men
First Appearance
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939)

Marvel Comics #1 (Nov. 1939)

Note: The Sub-Mariner first appeared in an eight-page story in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, a black and white promotional give-away distributed at movie theatres by the Funnies Incorporated studio.

Marvel Comics #1 was the first time he was seen in a retail comic published by Timely Comics, later renamed Atlas then Marvel Comics.
Creator
Bill Everett
Origin
The hybrid offspring of Princess Fen of Atlantis and an American seaman, Captain Leonard McKenzie.

Contracted by Paul Destiny, McKenzie's ship was searching for the lost Lemurian city rumored to house the mythical Helmet of Power.  Distrusting Destiny's intention for the crown, McKenzie planted explosives in the ice flows causing an avalanche to bury the city, unaware Atlantis lay beneath.  The damage the underwater city sustained prompted King Thakorr to send his daughter, Fen, to investigate.

Fen was captured by the ship's crew and in a strange twist of fate, the princess fell in love with and married McKenzie at sea.  Failing to return after several weeks, Thakorr dispatched a rescue party for Fen.  The ensuing scuffle apparently killed McKenzie, and Fen returned to Atlantis.  Nine months later Namor was born.

Namor was raised with a hostile attitude toward surface-dwellers.  When King Thakorr discovered men in diving suits near Atlantis, he assumed they were advance scouts for an invasion force and ordered Namor to attack New York, where he fought the android Human Torch.  Shortly thereafter, Nazis attacked Atlantis, forcing Namor to join the Invaders, then later the All-Winners Squadron fighting alongside Captain America, the Human Torch, Spitfire and myriad other heroes of the day.

Both an ally and advisory of surface dwellers, he always stands as the sovereign and protector of Atlantis as the avenging son, Namor the Sub-Mariner.