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Prince Eric Khorum Rhann Secret Origins
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ost undersea kingdom of Hydro-Pangea, one of the many sub surface sea nation of Terra-Prime-a huge dysonsphere, found within the colonial regions of the Terran Federation. This is one of many Tales of Terra-Prime and one of many characters that exist there, upon this
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I haven't read much on Prince Namor-a few of those 1970's Bill Everett stories,which ok,but nothing great,other than some nice art.I read a few Gene Colen ones,only because,he shared the reprints,with the Hulk.Those were ok,too.Times I liked Namor,was he was very pissed off.I at time,in the 1970's,I managed to read,what appearece he had in his own,the Fantastic Four and were ever.I would say I was his biggest fan,tough.The Sub-Mariner seemed too stuck in his Underwater Superman/Tarzan imatation cycle.I'd rather read Conan at Marvel Comics,with Roy Thomas,Barry Smith,Gil Kane and John Buscema doing their best or Joe Kubert's Tarzan at DC COMICS,doing a better job than anyone else-since or before.As you can tell,I'd rather read Fantasy Epics,set in a fictional world,similar to ours-past ,not so far off,by Edgar Rice Burrough or distant,Age Undreamed of,by Robert E.Howard.I didn't Prince Namor,but I alway felt Marvel has never unleashed his Heroic Fantasy potential-just placed as another underwater superhero,fighting this or that guy-even he predates the more publicly known Aquaman-another guy,who rarely gets unshine his superhero image and go toatal Heroic Fantasy.Marvel or DC Comics dosen't know it or care,but both Prince Namor and Aquaman,have more in common with the likes of Conan,Tarzan or John Carter of Mars,than Superman or Captain America.
Prince Eric Khorum Rhann the idea came to me,some years ago,about
19983 or so,looking an ad for a Marvel Comic-it was one about the
PRINCE NAMOR COMIC-you know the echology,yuppie Sub-Mariner
one,started by John Byrne,badly written and not much else beyond
beautiful art to recamend reading.Well,this was long after Byne
exited the scene and creators scranbled for things to do,with the
book.With axception of the art and first,much of the John Byrne Namor comic was pretty much same old dum crap-nothing new.The first issue was ok,explainning Namor's Bipolar problems.At this point,Namor got long hair and looked sort of Conan like.
And it hit me,like an anvil on the head-ke bash ...where as it
would never to the Big Boys at Marvel,here was a wonderful idea for
a fantasy comic.Mix the Hyborean Age of Conan and the undersea world
of Prince Namor McKkenzie. 
Prince Namors Second Armor-notice the tiny weener.
Of course,it was not as simple as that-just sinking the Hyborean
Age into the sea.This kind of thing and such,created a few
problems,others never thought of,with neither Namor or Aquaman.
I needed to figure how exactly human beings,that breath both air
and water,might live and survive with an atmosphere domed
cities,while being able to breath underwater.I did not want to
repete those blue faced,bubble helmet guys of the Marvel Comics had
for decades.And I did just create another lost,sunken city,just
sitting upon the ocean floor,with fish swimming in and out every
window.After all the ocean can contaminate and ruin must of a
surface city surface ,faster than oxigen could ever do.Look at the
SS Titantic-pretty much a skyscaper moving across the ocean surface
and being sunk for decades,did not leave the ship in prime condition
over the years.Plus the problems with sword making and
fire,underwater causes many problems.- Not matter how much Marvel BS
you pile on,underwater cities created many problems,that the
creators either never saw or just choose ignor out of
convenience.Clothe,art,travel,and just about anything you might name
is altered in some way,if you simply sink a primative civilization
or society under water.
Mixing Conan with Prince Namor was more just flooding a typical
Hyborean Age city with water and taking it from there.I saw this not
as a hinderence,but a challenge.
My goal,using many of previousely existing material for other
Maveric Comic Properties,was set this series on a world,I created
for another character-Prince Toreus Rhann,who inhabited a huge
dysonsphere,out in deep space,where his and another character-Jason
Gullivar elsewhere,shared adventures.The savage world of Terra-
Prime,would be big enough for many heroes,and was thrown back into a
semi-medievil state-some time after some ancient global cataclysmic
disaster,that whipped much of a more advance civilization,that
existed ages ago on this world.This Pangean civilization,that was
created afterward had the primative look of many sword and sorcerey
worlds.but also had enough remnants of a science fiction
technological civilization,to give an atmosphere of magic and the
fantastic,without turning it,all into a typical sword and sorcery
epic adventure.Despite the books origins,I did want also to just
created another Conan magical world for my heroes to dwell within.
I had my goals set down for me.
With this,the undersea world of Prince Eric Khorum Rhann was
becoming realized within my mind.The trouble was,making such an
unworldly environment work,without falling into many undersea
cliches.
And that was the real trick,as Han Solo once said to Obi Wan and
Luke...how to make it work...
Sincerely your.
Joseph Gilbert Thompson.
ONWARD UPWARD MAVERIC.
6142 Torresdale Avenue,Philadelphia,Pa,19135-3719.
all rights reserves,1984-2001.[c] tm.
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Because of his unusual genetic heritage, Namor is unique among both ordinary humans and Atlanteans; he is sometimes referred to as "Marvel's first mutant", because, while the majority of his observed superhuman powers come from the fact that he's a hybrid of human and Atlantean DNA, his ability to fly can't be explained by either side (Atlanteans are an offshoot of "baseline" humanity); though, in terms of in-continuity chronology, there were many mutants in existence before Namor. Namor possesses a fully amphibious physiology suited for extreme undersea pressures, superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, flight, and longevity. Namor has the ability to survive underwater for indefinite periods, and specially developed vision which gives him the ability to see clearly in the murky depths of the ocean.
Bill Everett, in his first Sub-Mariner story, described the character as "an ultra-man of the deep [who] lives on land and in the sea, flies in the air, [and] has the strength of a thousand [surface] men". No other powers were mentioned. When the series was revived in 1954, Namor lost his ankle wings and with them the power of flight; they, and his full strength, were restored in Sub-Mariner #38 (Feb. 1955), in which Everett additionally wrote a flashback story, "Wings on His Feet", detailing their appearance on Namor at age 14. This story was twice reprinted during the Silver Age of Comic Books, in Marvel Super-Heroes #17 (Nov. 1968), and in the book Comix by Les Daniels.
Namor possesses wings on his ankles to which he attributes his power of flight. On occasions when they have been lost or badly damaged, he has experienced a loss of flying ability. He could not fly as a child, and the power only manifested when the wings developed in adolescence.
Namor has the ability to swim at superhuman speeds, even by Atlantean standards.
Namor has greater longevity than a normal human being. He is well over 90 years old as he was born in 1920 in the Marvel timeline, but has the appearance of a male in his prime. His identity as a pre-World War II superhero is well-established, making him less subject to the sliding timescale of the Marvel universe.
During Namor's original fight with the Human Torch in Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (June 1940, and the first fight between superheroes to appear in any media), Namor was able to forcibly expel water from his body to extinguish fires, although it proved useless against the Torch.[50]
After he was revived yet again in the 1960s by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Namor demonstrated powers of various sealife that had not been shown in earlier stories. An editorial note in Marvel Tales #9 (July 1967), stated explicitly that "nautical Namor has since lost his power to imitate the characteristics of fish..." According to one of Sub-Mariner's scripters, Roy Thomas: "As for Namor's electrical and other sea-creaturely powers. They were used in one or two stories in F.F. and the Human Torch series in Strange Tales, then dropped – as one of Stan [Lee] and Jack [Kirby]s early (and quite forgivable) mistakes. The explanation, given in a reprint of a Torch/Namor bout a few years later, was that he had these powers only for a short time and then lost them."[51]
In all his incarnations, Namor possesses superhuman strength and, with the possible exceptions of Orka and Tyrak at their full sizes, is the strongest Atlantean ever known. The exact level of his strength is dependent upon his physical contact with water, in which he needn't be submerged. It has been shown as sufficient to effortlessly toss a water-filled ocean-liner, despite the underwater viscosity.[52] His strength diminishes slowly the longer he is out of contact with water, though an extended period on land does not result in his death, as it would for a typical Atlantean, and his power is retained in full as long as he keeps himself wet. Namor possesses superhuman stamina and resistance to injury due to his hybrid nature. Namor's strength level is such that he has held his own in hand-to-hand combat with beings as powerful as the Hulk in the past.[53]
Some stories have mentioned that Namor has gills for breathing underwater, e.g., in Namor, the Sub-Mariner #5, Namor thinks "this New York river water burns my gills and scalds my lungs".[54] and artists such as Salvador Larroca have drawn him with gill slits on either side of his neck.[55] In The Sub-Mariner #18–22 (1969–70), beings from outer space surgically closed Namor's gills for a time, leaving him with the ability to breathe air but unable to breathe underwater. Other sources have stated that his lungs contain oxygen diffusing membranes that allow him to breathe underwater.
Namor possesses a telepathic rapport with all forms of marine life. He is able to mentally communicate with most forms of marine life and can mentally persuade them to do his bidding. Namor can mentally communicate with other Atlanteans and give mental-telepathic orders to all his men.[56]
Due to a unique aspect of his hybrid nature, not shared by Namorita, it was theorized that Namor is vulnerable to oxygen imbalances in his blood that trigger manic-depressive mood swings; he can prevent imbalances by regular immersion in water.
Namor gives off a sense of charisma which most women tend to find captivating. Many of the ladies that have entered his life made clear their attraction to his masculine, slightly alien personality in ways both subtle and blatant. He reacts to such advances with gratitude tinged with a slight distance born of monarchical etiquette.
Namor is a natural leader, trained by the royal family of Atlantis as befitting an heir to the throne. He has historically led troops into battle with expert success. His typical interpersonal behavior with both subject and friend borders on the aloof; this is more a sense of regal noblesse oblige rather than snobbishness.
Namor was given possession of the Time Gem.[57] This gem allows the user total control over the past, present, and future. It allows time travel, can age and de-age beings, and can be used as a weapon by trapping enemies or entire worlds in unending loops of time. After the Hood attempted to steal the Gems, Namor briefly helped Thor recover the Gem from the bottom of the ocean to prevent the Hood acquiring it, before being entrusted with the Power Gem as the Gems were divided amongst the new Illuminati – Steve Rogers replacing Black Bolt – once again.[58]
Namor was educated by the royal tutors of the Atlantean court, and speaks English, Atlantean, and Lemurian. He is a highly skilled business executive.
Formerly depicted abilities Edit
In The Fantastic Four #9 (Dec. 1962), Namor states, "I have the powers of all the creatures who live beneath the sea! I can charge the very air with electricity – using the power of the electric eel!" In the same issue, "the radar sense of the cave fish from the lowest depths of the sea" enables him to sense the presence of Sue Storm when she is invisible. He uses "the power to surround himself with electricity in the manner of an electric eel" again in Strange Tales #107 (April 1963), and #125 (Oct. 1964); in the former he manifests the power to inflate his body like a puffer fish. These extra powers were ignored, when Marvel gave Namor his own feature beginning in Tales to Astonish #70 (Aug. 1965).
Another ability unknown in the Golden Age and rarely displayed is his empathic rapport with many forms of marine life. He had a limited empathic rapport with Namorita. But, only as a result of being given one of her "magic earrings" (which has long-since disappeared).
An editorial note in Marvel Tales #9 (July 1967), which reprinted the story from Strange Tales #107, stated explicitly that "nautical Namor has since lost his power to imitate the characteristics of fish..." His electrical abilities were seen out of comic continuity in 1991's Spider-Man: The Video Game. Furthermore, Namor employed these "lost" powers semi-regularly in his 1990s series, under John Byrne's pen.
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