08 8 / 2023
Annual Mea Culpa
Once again, my daily Namor posting – mostly my 365 Days of Namor project – failed. Lots of reasons for this, including the character’s complete absence for months at Marvel Comics. It’s beyond frustrating. Anyway, this year, however, I’m doing something different, and going to try to get back on track immediately, instead of throwing in the towel until next year. Hopefully my posting won’t be too sporadic, if you are hanging in there and following me for the Namor content. Thanks!
07 8 / 2023
Monday MCU
Nashuri 2023 Week!
Also on Twitter:
While I was gone, the MCU Namor / MCU Shuri fans had a celebration. Check out all the fan works if this is your kind of ship.
07 8 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 191
This may be the first fight Namor has won by ripping off his opponent’s clothes.
From Marvel Team Up #14, written by Len Wein and penciled by Gil Kane.
09 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 190
A life spent in the crushing depths = “Bounce off these abs, Beast!”
From X-Men #6, written by Stan Lee and penciled by Jack Kirby.
08 7 / 2023
Saturday Sketch Card
by Mel Uran
This wasn’t from an official trading card set, but was commissioned directly from the artist, and is a PSC: Personal Sketch Card. This one is actually a ‘puzzle’ of two cards, when placed next to other form the bigger image… of a gorgeously hot Phoenix Namor in an alternate costume.
An AMAZING amount of detail crammed into 2 tiny 2.5″ x 3.5″ cards.
08 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 189
“Speedo-Juice???
How is Dr. Nemesis (aka as Nazi murderer Dr. Death) not a flattened white pancake?
Also, sadly no speedo.
Also, this demonstrates why the alliance with the X_Men was doomed, when the X-Men think stealing the Atlanteans power source is no big thing.
From Uncanny X-Men Annual #3, written by James Asmus and penciled by Nick Bradshaw.
07 7 / 2023
07 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 188
“And the petty laws of surface humans are not sufficient to restrain me.”
Things you’ve always wanted to say to the cop pulling you over for traffic violations.
From Namor #15, written and penciled by John Byrne.
07 7 / 2023
Thursday Two or More: Teams
AvX #8 variant by Adam Kubert
Phoenix Five
Another very short lived team, but boy were they powerful, and even more, they looked awesome and hawt. The costumes were designed by Olivier Copiel The team was made up of Peter, Emma, Namor, Illyana, Scott, so some fans referred to them affectionately as P.E.N.I.S.
Basically in a conflict with the Avengers over the approaching Phoenix Force and Hope Summers, Iron Man ended up splitting the Phoenix Force and it possessed these five mutants. Even though the Phoenix Five were using their powers to solve the world’s problems, the conflict with the Avengers continued and the Phoenix Force corrupted them. For ‘reasons’ Phoenix Namor was the first to go Dark Phoenix and attacked Wakanda, which was harboring the Avengers and captured mutants. It happened in this issue with a great cover by Jim Cheung.
AvX #8 by Jim Cheung
Read more about them at Marvel Fandom Database entry
07 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 187
The happy adolescence of his Highness.
Also, “swayed by the insidious appeals of the surface people.”
From Golden Age Sub-Mariner, written and penciled by Bill Everett.
07 7 / 2023
Wednesday Wonderful Merchandise
Variant digital card from Marvel Snap
Marvel Snap is releasing a Phoenix package, and we even get a Phoenix Namor card! Art by Eduardo Mello.
Don’t Touch the Ocean!
- Namor Phoenix Force Variant & Avatar
- 600 Credits
- 1000 Gold
- 465 Namor Boosters
- Title: Thiccture Perfect
Price: $9.99Source
07 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 186
Sufferin’ Shad! How did you NOT notice those ankle wings flapping you and mom to safety?
From Golden Age Sub-Mariner #38, written and penciled by Bill Everett.
07 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 185
Why is Betty Dean so surprised that Namor is punching out some sea creature on her doorstep?
From Golden Age Sub-Mariner #35, written and pencilled by Bill Everett.
03 7 / 2023
365 Days of Namor
Day 184
Hey Namor! Remember that time in Latveria, when you wore a turban and rode an elephant in a circus parade?
How fortunate Doom’s Motto is: What happens in Latveria stays in Latveria.
From Super-Villian Team-Up #8, written Steve Englehart and pencilled by Keith Giffen.
02 7 / 2023
Sunday Sub-Mariner’s World
Warlord Krang
An Atlantean foe for Namor, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby who first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #1. He basically wanted everything associated with Namor, like his throne and Lady Dorma.
Roy Thomas later retconned him as the leader of the boarding party to recover Princess Fen aboard the Oracle, so basically responsible for Captain Leonard McKenzie’s ‘death’ before Namor was born.
From Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #7