Jarna (Earth-616)

Queen Jarna
Name	Jarna
Current Alias	Queen Jarna
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Ally of the Nazis
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Alien
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Lavorite
Occupation	Monarch
Base of Operations	Venus (supposedly), later the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Everett
First	Marvel Mystery Comics #25 (September, 1941)
First	Marvel Mystery Comics #25 (September, 1941)

History

Queen Jarna is the ruler of a race of aliens known as the Lavorites who claimed to come from the planet Venus. In 1941 they came to Earth and formed an alliance with the Nazis. This plot involved the construction of an underwater based located off the coast of Florida for a blitzkrieg attack on the United States. Unknown to her Nazi allies, this was but the first phase to the Lavorites invading the planet Earth.

In 1941, while vacationing on the east coast of Forida, Betty Dean, Luther Robinson, and Lynn Harris learned about mysterious happenings going on near their resort. Thinking it has to do with the sea, they contacted their sometime-ally, the Namor the Sub-Mariner to investigate further. Once arrived at the resort he quickly spotted a team of dozens of Lavorites. He spied them breaking into a factory to steal several small packages of explosives. He then followed them back to an underwater shoal, which they blew up to reveal a small rocket ship. Shortly there after Queen Jarna arrived and Namor spied upon them while she spook to them in their unknown language. Upon departing for the surface, Namor raced ahead of her to confronted her without revealing his sub-mariner heritage, she deflect his questions by pretending to be a local girl.

This failed, and later Namor broke into the house owned by Nazi spies with whom Jarna was staying on the surface. Namor was jumped and knocked out by the Lavorites. Unaware of his true identity, Jarna attempted to drown Namor in the ocean. Revived by the waters, Namor broke free and fought Jarna into submission, bringing her back to his ally's cabin. There, she explained the Lavorite invasion plot and Namor ordered her and her followers to return to Venus. It seemed that she complied, as shortly after their small rocket was seen flying out of the water and into space.

On his way back to Atlantis, however Namor spotted Jarna heading back to the undersea Nazi base. Fighting her into submission once again, he forced her to explain the Nazis' role in the activities in the area. Horrified to learn of the plotted blitzkrieg on America, Namor forced Jarna to help him destroy the secret Nazi base. When Jarna attempted to betray Namor by shooting him in the back, he stopped her and locked her up until he finished his mission, defeating the Nazis and sending them fleeing. In the aftermath, Namor let Jarna go, and they parted on less than friendly terms.

Jarna's subsequent activities are unknown.

Attributes

Powers

Unlike most Lavorites, Jarna is the size of an average adult human female. The cause of this size difference is unknown. She is also amphibious, able to breath both on dry land and underwater for indefinite periods of time without artificial assistance.

Notes

• If Jarna is actually a member of the Lavorite race is questionable due to her vastly different height and by the fact she never claimed to be anything more than their queen. Further, it is notable that a similar being claiming to be from Venus named Vanza was similarly human looking, yet amphibious. She was among a group of Venusians who were reptilian and air breathing. It is possible that Jarna and Vanza are part of a third, as yet unnamed race of aliens that called Venus home. Kor from Mystery Tales #45 could also be a member of the same alien race as Jarna and Vanza.

See Also

• 2 appearance(s) of Jarna (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Jarna (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Jarna (Earth-616)