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SUPER-HERO 007 UPDATE: NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER 1941

SUPER-HERO 007 UPDATE: NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER 1941

It’s only his third year in operation (and technically just his second year as a super-hero) but 1941 is the biggest year yet for our old pal the Sub-Mariner! The biggest development in Namor’s status quo happens in Sub-Mariner Comics 001, when Emperor Thakorr is killed in an attempted Nazi invasion of Atlantis. This makes Namor the new Emperor and turns his hatred of the Nazis from a somewhat arbitrary thing based mainly on distaste to a matter of national pride….

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 030

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 030

Some real obscurities from the Hillman House of Ideas: the Sky Wizard: The Sky Wizard is an otherwise-unnamed super-scientist who seemingly dresses in his futuristic super suit 24/7. There’s not too much else to him other than that because he’s one of those characters who has so many gadgets and gizmos that all the narrative focus goes to them rather than him. A partial list: wing suits, super planes, super strength serum (the amazingly named “powerstrength formula”), a paralyzing Q-Ray…

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