Namor the Sub-Mariner

Namor the Sub-Mariner is a superhero published by Marvel Comics. Created by Bill Everett in 1939, Namor the Sub-Mariner was initially created for Motion Picture Funnies Weekly,which ultimately went unreleased. The character publicly made his first appearance in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939). Namor can be considered the first anti-hero in comic books, since the character is frequently depicted as an antagonistic force bent on the destruction of the surface-dwellers and even battled the original Human Torch at one point. Namor would become more heroic as the Second World War progresses, however, fighting against the Axis Powers like most Golden Age heroes of the time. Born to the Atlantean princess Fen and the sea captain Leonard McKenzie, Namor became the Prince of Atlantis, and a warrior for his people against the surface-dwellers. Namor befriended a policewoman named Betty Dean who convinced him to fight against the Axis Powers, which he eventually did. His supporting characters included his cousins Dorma, and Namora, who would eventually get her own solo title in 1948. After the war, Namor would join the short-lived All-Winners Squad in 1946, was briefly revived in the 1950s, and finally made his proper return in Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962), where Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, discovered him as a homeless man with amnesia. His memories recovered with the help of Johnny, Namor returned to his undersea kingdom only to discover it destroyed by nuclear weapons. Desiring revenge, Namor as a character would spend many of his appearances as antagonistic to surface-dwellers but also possessing nobility as well. Namor is also considered the first mutant to appear in print. His status as a mutant first came up in X-Men #6 (July 1964), where Professor X and Magneto both suspected Namor to be a mutant. This would later be confirmed in the first issue of the Illuminati miniseries, where he was confirmed to be both a human/Atlantean hybrid and also a mutant after being experimented on by the Skrulls.