Captain Leonard McKenzie

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Real Name

Captain Leonard McKenzie

Relatives

Princess Fen (Wife, Deceased), Namor McKenzie (Son), Leon McKenzie, Kamar (grandsons), Lawrence McKenzie (son), Llyron Mackenzie (great-grandson), Unnamed second wife

Base Of Operations

The icebreaker Oracle

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Public Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Married

Occupation

Captain of a US Icebreaker ship

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 0"

Weight

190 lbs (86 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Origin

Universe

Earth-616

Created by

Bill Everett

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Sub-Mariner Comics #32
(June, 1949)

Sub-Mariner #46
(February, 1972)

HistoryEdit

In 1915, Ernest Shackleton, sent by Winston Churchill, sought out vibranium in the Antarctic. His ship, the Endurance, was lost. Later, Leonard McKenzie, with the telepath Paul Destine as a passenger, attempted to recover the vibranium^[1]. Their expedition brought them near the location of Atlantis, where their ice blasting caused serious damage to the world below. Princess Fen was sent to investigate explosions near the surface by her father, King Thakorr. Stowing aboard the ship, she was captured by the crew who assumed her to be some strange stowaway.

Taking her under his care, McKenzie fell in love with Fen, teaching her how to speak English but during their marriage ceremony, Atlantean soldiers commanded by General Krang attacked the crew, seemingly killing McKenzie and taking Fen back to Atlantis. Fen later gave birth to their son, Namor the Sub-Mariner, a human/Atlantean hybrid.^[2][1].

Leonard survived, an in one account it is stated that he was found on the ice trying to search for Fen and brought to Atlantis. There Leonard was married to Fen under Atlantean law despite the union being denounced by all those in power. When Emperor Thakkor demanded that Leonard be executed for his crimes against Atlantis, Fen helped him escape aboard another expedition ship.

This same account also states that Leonard became a ship captain in the United States and many years later in 1939 encountered his son the Sub-Mariner during his initial assault on New York City^[3]. However, it is entirely inaccurate to Leonard's next meeting with his son. As such the story is likely a fictional tale based on the real events of Namor's first assault on New York^[4].

Decades later in the modern era, Leonard was captured by his son's foes Tiger Shark and Llyra who later murdered him^[5].

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