Namor the Sub-Mariner
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Name: | Namor Fen-Son, Namor McKenzie, Namor the Sub-Mariner |
Occupation: | King of Atlantis |
Relationships: | Betty Dean (First Love: Deceased), Lady Dorma (First Wife: Deceased), Marrina Smallwood (Second Wife: Deceased, recently returned to life, no contact), Emma Frost (Past Lover) |
Fandom: | Marvel Comics |
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Created in April 1939 by writer-artist Bill Everett, Namor the Sub-Mariner (aka Namor McKenzie) is Marvel's first superhero, the First Anti-Hero in comics, and the First Mutant. Namor is the first superhero character to ever fly, Marvel Comics (1939) #1, the first biracial superhero, and the first superhero royalty. A Golden Age character who was reintroduced in the Silver Age, Fantastic Four (1961) #4.
Namor is the half Atlantean, half Human son of Princess Fen of Atlantis and Sea Captain Leonard McKenzie. Heir Prince to the royal throne of Atlantis, he grew up under the water and was taught to mistrust all surface humans.