"No one should ever question where my allegiance lies." - Namor of Atlantis
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
It was Remender's Uncanny Avengers run. It may have been an alternate timeline thing, but there was something that was supposed to pull all the mutants off Earth, but there was Namor, right on panel, left with with non-mutant superheroes to fight some threat, instead of being swept up with the rest of the mutants.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Practically everyone found it acceptable back then, so I'm not sure why artists back then would feel differently, especially in the middle of a war when they were basically making propaganda with all the Golden Age comic characters, like Captain America and Torch, etc. That's why I added the caveat that Golden Age comics can be a lot of fun, but during the war years, there definitely is going to be some racist elements that are not fun. And in the 1950s you have the 'Red Scare.'
Last edited by Reviresco; 09-15-2019 at 06:18 PM.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
History of the Marvel Universe 3 preview with the famous shaving scene. Sadly with the weird inclusion of John Byrne's theory and the exclusion of Atlantis being nuclear bombed by the surface world. SMH
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09...rse-3-preview/
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
lol, yet another shaving scene, how many does this make?! we could do a thread with shaving scenes, lol. I honestly wish that Zdarsky had done something to tweak that Bryne explanation in Invaders.
"No one should ever question where my allegiance lies." - Namor of Atlantis
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Back to this project ....
I wouldn't put any of the Golden Age comics under the Solo title, because all of those comics were anthology comics, even Subby's own title had other character stories in them, like Torch or Blonde Phantom.
You could list the Namor the First Mutant annual under Escape From the Negative Zone (across 3 annuals), if you need more space.
You could add the OGN Emperor Doom to your SVTU list.
I would also recommend Avengers Invaders 3, because it's TWO Namors!
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
As you know Namor was being published in 4 different titles during the golden age. Marvel Mystery Comics, his own solo title Sub-mariner Comics, All Winners Comics, and Human Torch. Even though it is an anthology I tend to think of these comics as solo Sub-mariner, because the adventures concentrate fully on the character, much more than many of the comics included in that list were Namor is simply one of the cast. I think Sub-mariner comics even included 2 Namor stories in each issue. In a way these anthologies remind me of the way Captain Britain was published in the UK were he shared his comic with other Marvel heroes backup stories, mainly reprints though.
Oh I almost forgot Emperor Doom! I will add that for sure, and I do have the Avengers/Invaders series on the second page which is focused on Namor on the Team, do you have any recs for FF comics of Namor? Or more modern Namor comics? I am trying to add as much as I can with issues focused mainly on Namor. I want to also add the Alpha Flight/Avengers arc where Namor was married to Marrina. So far the ON THE TEAM list has sections for: Invaders, Defenders, Avengers, X-Men, FF, Cabal, Illuminati. Am I missing any other significant teams?
Looking forward to your thoughts Rev!
I do want to include Golden Age comics (but mostly the important ones since i know Marvel doesnt always consider them canon), and I tend to think of them as I do the Tales to Astonish series where Namor shared a comic with Hulk but they each had their own stories and I think Tales to Astonish is Important to read because it leads into The Sub-Mariner 1968.
"No one should ever question where my allegiance lies." - Namor of Atlantis
I haven't seen any UK comics, but that sounds like what the Golden Age books were like. And I think you are correct, in that the Sub-Mariner Golden Age book, Namor might have had two stories. But this is why I LOVE the new Timely's Greatest Omnibus, because they give you just the Namor stories. And my copy arrived today!!! It is gorgeous! On a quick glance it includes covers and the advertisements too! My only complaint is that the paper is thinner than I would like. I think the previous Golden Age omnibus, and the Marvel Masterworks have much thicker paper. I think it has a couple of Marvel Mystery Comics stories that weren't previously in print, as it draws from MMC 29-31, and the last Marvel Masterworks went up to MMC 28.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
All Winners.
There's two versions of the Cabal. Do they need to be distinguished?
Yes, I don't consider Tales to Astonish an anthology book, per se, but a split book. In the Marvel Masterworks reprints, they only give you the Namor half of the book. I definitely think of it as Namor's first 'solo' book in the Silver Age, which leads into his own, self-titled book.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?