Everett, Bill - Tales to Astonish, issue 91, page 9 (May 1967)
Artists: Bill Everett (Penciller) , Dan Adkins (Inker)
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DescriptionNamor the Sub-Mariner was created by writer-artist Bill Everett. The character first appeared in the April 1939 prototype for a planned giveaway comic titled Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, produced by the comic book packager Funnies Inc. When the giveaway idea fell through, creator Bill Everett used the character for Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939), the first comic book by Funnies, Inc. client Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel. The series Marvel Comics was re-titled Marvel Mystery Comics with issue #2 (December 1939). During that period (the Golden Age of comics), the Sub-Mariner was one of Timely's top three characters, along with Captain America and the original Human Torch. Everett said the character's name was inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, ‘The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner’. Everett came up with ‘Namor’ by writing down noble sounding names backwards and thought Roman/Namor looked the best.The mutant son of a human sea captain and a princess of the mythical undersea kingdom of Atlantis, Namor possesses the super-strength and aquatic abilities of the ‘homo mermanus’ race, as well as the mutant ability of flight. Through the years, he has been alternately portrayed as a good-natured but short-fused superhero, or a hostile invader seeking vengeance for perceived wrongs that misguided surface-dwellers have committed against his kingdom. He has served directly with the Avengers, Fantastic Four, the Invaders, the Defenders and the X-Men - as well as serving as a foil to all of them on occasion. Namor starred in the Golden Age comic book Sub-Mariner Comics, published quarterly, then thrice yearly, and finally bi-monthly, from issues #1 (April 1941) – issue #32 (June 1949). Along with many other Timely characters after the end of World War II, Namor declined in popularity along with most other superhero comics and the series was cancelled in 1949. The Sub-Mariner experienced a brief revival in the mid-1950s, starting with Young Men #24 (December 1953 – the issue also briefly revived Captain America and the original Human Torch) – issue #28 (June 1954) and then in Sub-Mariner Comics #33 (April 1954) - #42 (October 1955). Namor then appeared in Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962), where Johnny Storm, the new Human Torch, discovers him living as an amnesiac homeless man in the Bowery section of Manhattan. Storm helps him recover his memory and Namor immediately returns to his undersea kingdom - identified, for the first time in the Marvel canon, as Atlantis. Finding it destroyed from nuclear testing, Namor assumes his people are scattered and that he will never find them. He again becomes an antihero during this period, as his thirst for vengeance and a quest for identity dominate the Sub-Mariner stories of the 1960s. After various additional guest-appearances - including Daredevil #7 (April 1965), a rare superhero story drawn by comics great Wally Wood - Namor received his own starring feature in the split-title comic Tales to Astonish beginning with issue #70 (August 1965). Everett would return to his enduring character, first inking Namor's adventures in Tales to Astonish #85 (November 1966) and #86 (December 1966), then taking over full artistic duties for issues #87-#90 (January 1967 – April 1967) and #94 (August 1967), and penciling issues #91 (May 1967), #95-#96 (September 1967 – October 1967). Social/Sharing |
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J L
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/8/2011
Namor in his element and Everett at his best. Great pick-up!!!!
Felix Lu 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/8/2011
Wow, congrats on getting this done! Killer page, esp the bottom panel.
Mike W
Member Since 2007
Posted on 4/8/2011
I love Bill Everett's art, and his Sub-Mariner art is among his best work!! Congratulations, my friend, on a beautiful page!!
Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004
Posted on 4/8/2011
Absolutely brilliant page by the artist that was born to draw this character. A perfect Everett Subby page.
Kasra Ghanbari
Member Since 2004
CAF Administrator
Posted on 4/9/2011
Amazing page, love everything about it. Makes me want to go find a copy of TtA#91 and read the story, hard to imagine what it would be like to have this sort of intensity and grace sustained page after page. Wonderful!
Larry Wilson
Member Since 2012
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Posted on 3/22/2012
This is simply beautiful. The best original Everett Subby I've ever seen. I'm envious. Congratulations to you.
CJ Design
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 12/20/2023
Great Everett work as usual on Subby...and always love Dan Adkins
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