Agreed! I've often wondered WHY this is not so? Chief Jon, another Namor fan here on CBR, wrote an cool essay on the how Namor is Marvel's Superman. You can read it here:
http://www.marvel616politics.com/201...vels-superman/
or here:
http://community.comicbookresources....ll=1#post18908
http://community.comicbookresources....ll=1#post18915
Sadly, you'd have to count me among that fanbase at that time. When I was a kid, I didn't appreciate Bill Everett's stories or art, but fortunately, I have grown older and wiser. Though, to be fair, Torg??? OTOH, I did love his introduction of Namorita and that Venus and Ares issue you posted, even as a kid.
Also, IIRC, there were problems with the book coming out on time with Everett, back then, weren't there? I think he was already ill.