Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)

## Namor

**Prince Namor** (Also known as **Namor McKenzie**) is the half-human, half-Atlantean heir to the throne of Atlantis.

## Biography

### Early Life

Namor was born in Atlantis in 1920 and was the son of Princess Fen and Leonard McKenzie. McKenzie was the captain of the Oracle which was testing bombs in the Antarctic coast. The bombs bombarded Atlantis and caused great death and destruction. Fen was sent as a spy where she met McKenzie and fell in love with him and eventually had Namor.

### S.S. Recovery

A 19 year-old Namor was scavenging a ship wreck when he noticed two divers. Namor believed the men to be robots and cut their lines before attacking and killing them. Minutes later, another diver came down and saw the corpses of his associates, as Namor watched on. The diver quickly swam back to his ship. Seeing this, Namor acted quick and grabbed the ship and using his immense strength threw it into a coral reef, seemingly killing everyone on board. Namor then collected the corpses of the first two divers and swam back to Atlantis.

Namor presented his bounty to the Holy One, the King of Atlantis and Namor's grandfather, but he was shocked to learn the divers were humans. Namor's mother congratulated Namor for his kill, but Namor was confused why the Atlanteans hated humans so much since he was half human. Fen explained the story of the Oracle and told Namor he would be the one to avenge Atlantis.

### The Attack on the Cape Anna Lighthouse

In another chamber, Namor met with his cousin Dorma and informed her of his mission and that he was preparing to leave for it. Dorma asked to accompany Namor on his mission, but Namor insisted that it would be too dangerous for her to go with him but did offer to travel with her partway. Namor and Dorma decided to leave without equipment and made haste to areas with human activity.

After two days of travel, Namor and Dorma surfaced and saw they had reached Cape Anna Lighthouse. Namor decided that since the lighthouse was essential for the ships to travel safely, that it would be a perfect place to start his crusade. Namor told Dorma to act as a lookout while he destroyed the controls to the lighthouse. After defeating the lighthouse operator and destroying the controls, Namor heard Dorma cry out to him as she had been attacked by one of the guards. Namor saved Dorma and threw the guard into the ocean, but Dorma alerted him that another guard in the tower had a rifle. Namor flew up to the window and defeated the fleeing guard as Dorma climbed the staircase. Namor then grabbed Dorma and flew to the beacon itself and destroyed it, as more guards appeared. Namor saw a plane nearby and so he grabbed Dorma, and flew up to the plane, dispatched of the pilot and instructed Dorma to take control of the plane and fly back to Atlantis while he moved elsewhere to attack more humans. Namor then dove into the ocean to continue his mission.

### First Attack on New York City

Having just fled Cape Anna Lighthouse, Namor swam to New York City. Namor was bewildered by the sight of the harbor, but stealthy swam closer to investigate. As Namor was swimming, he was suddenly sucked into the water. Namor was unable to break out of the vortex and was sucked into a pipe. Namor struggled in the pipe, but managed to break through and was sent flying to the top of the warehouse the pipe was connected to. The workers in the warehouse were frightened by this event began shutting down the flow of water and Namor watched from the rafters above. Namor fled after one of the workers saw him, but he accidently electrecuted himself. Enraged, Namor grabbed a girder and flung it at the workers. Namor continued hurling girders at the workers below, but he stopped as the warehouse began to toppel over and jumped out a window.

Namor began flying above the city, he saw a lake in Central Park and dove into it. A police officer witnessed Namor and sounded an alarm. When Namor refused to follow the officer's orders, the officer began firing into the water with his pistol. Namor was curious about the bullets the officer was firing, and caught one and examined it. Namor then capsized a boat that the officer was riding in before flying off.

Namor landed in the East River, before entering a sewage drain. Exploring the sewers, Namor encountered a homelessman who he stole clothes from. Namor then emerged through a manhole into the middle of Fifth Avenue. Namor narrowly dodged being hit by traffic, and ducked down a sidestreet to avoid the police. Namor then knocked on the door of an apartment and demanded the doorman let him in. While the doorman refused, the owner of the apartment agreed to let Namor in, however her dress caught fire because of her cigarette. Namor sprung into action and rushed to aid the woman, and the heat from the fire caused Namor to expell all the water from his pores which put out the fire. Namor then instructed Pinkerton (the name of the doorman/butler) to call a doctor. Namor then removed his soaked clothes and covered himself with some curtains. Namor decided to leave before the butler could confront him, but he disliked having to leave the girl and believed that their were treasures he could plunder in the house.

As Namor left, he decided to take the woman with him and stole the ambulance that she was in. Namor safely dropped the ambulance at the hospital, before breaking in, attacking a doctor, restraining the rest of the staff, and escaping with the woman in his hands. The police gave chase to Namor and followed him to the docks. Namor fought the police and killed several after throwing a car at them. Namor then grabed the woman before jumping into the ocean. The two surviving police officers chased after Namor, forcing Namor to let go of the woman while he killed one of them. The other police officer grabed the woman resurfaces to safety. Namor then swam away.

### First Encounter with Nazis

Following his raid on New York City, Namor stuck by the coast and examined the city. Namor then cries of help from a woman in the water and rushed to save her. The woman then pulled a pistol out as she was a police officer named Betty Dean who was setting a trap for Namor. Namor knocked the pistol out of Betty's hand and dragged her out to sea, before seeing a plane bombing a U-Boat.

Namor left Betty at a buoy, and instructed her to swim to a nearby island once whe was rested enough while he investigated the battle. The U-Boat fired a torpedo at Namor, who redirected it to the ground and then forced himself into the ship. Namor then fought with the crew of the submarine. With the rest of the crew too intimidated to fight back, Namor ordered the U-Boat to surface and used one of the guns to shoot down a Nazi bomber. Namor then destroyed the U-Boat's periscope and then jumps into the sea.

Namor then pushed a British ship onto ground at the island that Betty was on. Namor and Betty then began rescuing the crew. Betty attempted to convince Namor to join the war effort and help the Allies fight the Axis. Namor agreed and Betty told him of a blockade of German ships and mines that he could destroy. While Namor didn't care about the sides of the war, he liked Betty and decided he would do what she told him to do. Namor then gathered the mines and weaponized them against the German ships. Namor then disabled another U-Boat and delivered it to an Allied base. Namor then spoke with Betty who asked him if he was willing to continue fighting for the allies.

### Namor goes to War

Namor agreed to join the war effort, however he needed to return to Atlantis in order to convince his grandfather to allow him to use the Atlantean army in the conflict. Namor left Betty on the island so that a ship would take her back to New York, while he began his journey. On the way, Namor resolved to not join either the Allies or the Axis and instead to fight those who were attacking supplies no matter what side the supplies were bound for.

Namor returned to Atlantis and held an audience with his grandfather where he explained the situation and his intentions. While interfering in such a conflict was not the way of the Atlanteans, the Holy One trusted Namor's judgement and gave him his permission to organize the army and navy into conflict. Namor spent a week organizing a small but powerful task force for his purposes. In particular the use of "Aerial Submarines" was used by the task force.

In the North Sea, the Germans attack an Allied cargo plane. Namor and his troops then arrive and attack German planes and ships as well as helping keep the cargo plane afloat and has it delivered to a proper place. On the plane, Namor finds a newspaper that tells of a neutral American ship that was captured by the Nazis.

Namor rushed out to investigate the situation alone and sneaked aboard the ship, where he convinced the crew to secretly take over one of the U-Boats and use it to sink the other vessel guarding their ship. Their plot is a success, thanks to the help of Namor. He also ordered his Atlantean comrades to submerge the mines to eliminate their threat and dived into the water ordering ship to continue on its course to Scotland.

### First Clash with the Fantastic Four

An amnesiac Namor was staying at a flophouse in the Bowery of New York. Namor became infamous among the tenants for having superhuman strength. One day, Johnny Storm (the second Human Torch) entered the flophouse and began reading a comic from the 1940s which detailed some of Namor's adventures. One of the tenants told Johnny about Namor (although no one knew that he actually was Namor), and the tenant attempted to goad Namor to showcase his strength by ripping a phone book in half, but Namor knocked the man away from him. This triggered the rest of the tenants to attack Namor who fought them off. Before the mob tried to attack Namor again, Johnny stopped them and used his powers to cut off Namor's beard and long hair in an effort to find out who he was. The crowd then saw that the mysterious homeless man was in fact Namor.

Johnny then escorted Namor to the pier with the intention of dropping him in the sea so he could regain his memory. Johnny then turned on his plasma state and grabbed Namor and flew up in the air. Johnny then dropped Namor in the sea, and all of his memories came rushing back. With his memories returned, Namor swam to the nearest Atlantean settlement to the return to his people. All that Namor could find was the ruins of an outpost that was destroyed by nuclear testing. Believing that the entirety of Atlantis was demolished by humanity and his people scattered to the vast ocean, Namor vowed to avenge his country by decimating humans. Namor made his intention of the extermination of humans to Johnny, who fired a flare into the sky to alert the rest of the Fantastic Four that there was an emergency.

Namor jumped into the ocean and used the Horn of Proteus to summon a giant whale monster known as Giganto to attack New York City. Giganto was killed by the Fantastic Four and the United States Army using a nuclear warhead. Namor then arrived on to the battle site and expressed that he could simply summon an army of similar monsters to destroy New York. Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl, then used her powers to wrestle the horn away from Namor but Namor tackled her and grabbed the horn back. Sue turned visible once again and Namor was enthralled by her beauty. Namor then told Sue that if she agreed to marry him the he would spare humanity. The rest of the Four arrived to Sue's aid to fight back Namor, but he was too strong. Namor then exclaimed that he will now move forward with his plan and still force Sue to marry him. Sue stated she would marry Namor if he still abided by his promise to spare humanity, but Namor was angered by the insinuation that she would be sacrificing himself by marrying him. Johnny then used his powers to create a tornado which sucked up Namor, the corpse of Giganto, and the Horn of Proteus and scattered them to the ocean. Namor resolved to one day return to New York City and get revenge on the Fantastic Four.

### Deadly Duo

Namor was swimming with dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean when he saw a strange plane flying towards him. Namor evaded the plane but was contacted by the pilot of the plane. The pilot was Dr. Doom who wanted to team up with Namor in order to defeat the Fantastic Four and subjugate humanity. The two then met at Namor's underwater villa where Doom further stated his case and goaded Namor to join him in the name of revenge. Namor agreed to join Doom but did not want to harm Sue Storm as he still loved her. Doom then displayed a new magentic device he created and dismantled it so that Namor could break into the Baxter Building and rebuild it to weaponize it against the Fantastic Four.

Namor flew to New York and landed, causing a scene but Namor ignored the crowd forming around him except for threatening them if they got closer. Namor then entered the building causing Ben to charge him, however Reed held him back as he wanted to know why Namor was there. Johnny also attempted to fight Namor but Sue protected Namor. Johnny continued his assault, but run out of energy before he could do any meaningful attacks. Namor told the Four that he wanted to form an alliance with the Four but only Sue trusted him. Reed and Johnny searched the Baxter Building to see if Namor left any traps and found none, however Reed still did not trust Namor.

The Baxter Building then rose into the air, the Four blamed Namor who revealed that while he planted the device it was triggered by Dr. Doom. Namor told the Four about the device that Doom created and that it was operated from Doom's special plane and that he appeared to have betrayed him. The Four and Namor prepared to wage an assault on Doom's plane but their orbit plane was damaged. The Four and Namor then decided to use their powers to reach the plane, however Johnny was unable to use his powers and nearly fell to his death, but Reed saved him. Reed attempted to stretch to the plane but Doom stopped him with his jet boosters. Reed had to rest and recover, while Ben attempted to fight Namor. While the two were fighting, Doom announced that he was going to launch them into the sun.

Namor then asked if there was a pool of water, which he then used to amplify his powers and then to launch himself to the plane, however he was stuck to the plane because of magentism. Namor then broke his way into the plane, but was shocked with electrity. Namor reversed the electricity which caused Doom to abandon his plane and he then grabbed a meteor which carried him off into space.

Namor put the Baxter Building safely in New York and crashed the plane and the magnetic device into the ocean. Namor then continued to swim in the ocean.

## Personality

As a youth, Namor was a curious yet cautious person. Namor's curiosity can be typified by his habit of exploring ship wrecks to find a bounty to present to his grandfather, and cautiousness through the manner in which he disposed of the divers of the S.S. Recovery. Namor was also brutal in the method in which he dispatched his enemies.

## Appearance

As a teenager, Namor was a muscular man with the build of an expert swimmer, a somewhat angular face, and jet-black hair with a noticeable widow's peak. Unlike the rest of his species, Namor had fair skin because of his human ancestry. Unlike humans, Namor had pointed ears, gills, and wings on his feet. The first two features are a result of his Atlantean ancestry, while the wings are because he is a mutant.

## Attributes

### Powers

**Atlantean/Mutant Physiology**: Namor's abilities stem from his unique origin of being a Atlantean-Human Hybrid and a mutant.

* **Amphibious Adaptation**: Namor's origin as a hybrid allows his body to be developed for both the human and Atlantean realms. Unlike normal Atlanteans, Namor is able to survive on land. Unlike humans, Namor is able to survive in the depths of the sea; having the ability to breath through his gills, see in water, survive the immense pressure, and withstand the temperatures of the ocean.
* **Superhuman Strength**: While all Atlanteans are substantially stronger than humans, Namor in particular is much stronger than the average Atlantean. Namor was able to pick up and throw the S.S. Recovery into a coral reef with relative ease.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Namor is capable of moving much faster than humans, especially when in the water.
* **Superhuman Stamina**: Namor's endurance is far greater than most humans.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Namor's capability to take damage is more than most humans. This is most reflective in his ability to take blunt force.
* **Healing Factor/Aquatic Healing**: Namor has a healing factor that is greater than most humans and even most Atlanteans. This Healing Factor is more effective in the water.
* **Extended Longevity**: Like all Atlanteans, Namor's lifespan is not only far greater than humans but he ages at a much slower rate as well. As a testament to this ability, Namor was born in the year 1920, however is still in his physical and mental prime one hundred years later.
* **Telepathy**: Namor has the ability to telepathaclly speaking. This is most made manifest with his ability to speak with all marine life as well as with his Atlantean bretheren. It's unclear whether this ability can be used with humans or if he can only use it in the water.
* **Electrolocation**: Namor can sense electric currents in the water and use it to navigate.
* **Flight**: Namor's mutation are small wings on his feet. These wings allow Namor to fly.
* **Aquatic Life Mimicry**: Namor had the ability to mimic the abilities marine life. Namor has not been shown doing this in decades, so whether or not he canonically has them is unclear. I like to think he does but just doesn't use it.
	+ **Sonar**: Namor emited a sonar from his body for navigation.
	+ **Bioelectricity**: Namor could emit electricity from his body like an electric eel.

### Skills

**Expert Combatant**: Namor is a skilled fighter both on land and in sea. Namor has been trained in armed and unarmed combat.

### Weaknesses

**Water Deficiency**: When Namor is away from water, he gradually begins to lose his normal capabilities. While he is unlikely to die from it, he prowess in combat declines to being the average of most Atlanteans.

**Oxygen Imbalance**: Namor's unique origins have created a vexing problem with the way he processes oxygen. The imbalance generally causes mental problems for Namor such as frequent and violent moodswings akin to Bipolar Disorder. In this state, Namor becomes increasingly irritable and impulsive. Namor does have means to help balance out his oxygen intake which stabalizes him greatly.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

**Horn of Proteus**: Namor was in possession of the horn which he used to summon monsters like Giganto. He lost it because of the tornado that Johnny made.

### Weapons

**Knife**: Namor carried a large knife with him on his treasure hunts.

## Relationships

### Family

**Fen**: Fen was Namor's mother. Namor seemed to love her, but was confused as to why she wanted to eliminate humans. Fen also seemed to love her son, but pushed for him to be the avenging son of Atlantis.

**Holy One**: The Holy One was Namor's grandfather. Namor would apparently present what ever treasures and trinkets he found from the human world to the Holy One.

**Leonard McKenzie**: Leonard McKenzie was Namor's father. While Namor knew of his father, he never met him.

## Quotes

> Those robots- they can't be men! Why, they're mechanical- and so ponderous- yet they're shaped like men, and certainly, they're not fish- I wonder ... one of them had some kind of fire-weapon- I'd better get out of here!
>
> **Namor McKenzie**, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 #1

## Chronology Notes

* Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 #1
	+ Namor's first appearance
	+ Because of the events of Motion Picture Funnies being reprinted in Marvel Comics Vol 1 #1, any Chronology notes will be in that section of the article.

## Personal Notes

* Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 #1
	+ My personal notes for this issue will be under Marvel Comics Vol 1 #1 since the same events here happen there.

## Trivia & Notes

### General

* Namor is the first major Marvel superhero
* Namor is known as the first mutant. This is true in that Namor is a mutant and as such being the first Marvel character would make him the first mutant, but this is retroactive. Namor would be established as a mutant later, after the concept was already established. In universe, there are several mutants older than Namor like Selene, Apocalypse, Wolverine, Mystique, and Destiny are all Mutants that are older than Namor.

### Related Deaths

#### Direct Murders

* Rod Nelson: Namor either stabbed Nelson to death or crushed his head between his hands. Assuming that Nelson was the one that one holding the welding torch then, Nelson was the one whose head was crushed.
* Ev Carley: Namor either stabbed Carley to death or crushed his head between his hands. Assuming that Nelson was the one holding the welding torch, then Carley was the one who was stabbed.
* Crew of the S.S. Recovery: Namor threw the S.S. Recovery into a corral reef, everyone on board died either from the crash or drowning.

## Appearances

* Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 #1 (First Appearance)
* Fantastic Four Vol 1 4