Appearing in "Here is the Sub-Mariner!"
Featured Characters:
- Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner ⏵ (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Princess Fen ⏵ (First appearance)
- Holy One (Thakorr) ⏵ (First appearance)
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Crew of S.S. Recovery
- Captain Leonard McKenzie (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Chief mate (First appearance) (Death)
- Rod Nelson (First appearance) (Death)
- Ev Carley (First appearance) (Death)
- Anderson (First appearance) (Death)
- Peters (First appearance; dies)
- Atlanteans (First appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (First appearance)
- Southern Ocean (First appearance)
Items:
Vehicles:
- S.S. Recovery ⏵ (First appearance) (Destroyed)
- Oracle (Ship) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Here is the Sub-Mariner!"
A diver from the salvage ship S.S. Recovery is exploring a wreck to find a treasure when he finds a knife and brings down another diver. They search the wreckage and are attacked by Namor, the Sub-Mariner! He savagely attacks both men, stabbing one and crushing the diving helmet of the other. Namor then turns his attention to the ship, wrecking the propeller and running it aground. He heads back to his underwater home, where he is greeted by the "Holy One", who commends him on his attack against the humans. Namor brings the bodies of the two divers as trophies. His mother, Fen, congratulates him on beginning his war of revenge in such a decisive manner. Namor asks her why their people hate the white Earth-men so much.
She explains that in the year 1920, a research vessel called the Oracle had journeyed to Antarctica and was doing "experiments" with explosives that killed many of their fellow citizens. Since Fen looked most like a human, she was sent to find out more about what was going on. She fell in love with Commander Leonard McKenzie, and became pregnant by him. The sailors could not understand how she was able to swim in the freezing water. She learned their language and sent back messages to the undersea army that the white men were too strong for them, but they sent an army to fight them anyway. The white men's bombardment annihilated most of their race, and now, 20 years later, they are ready once again to press an attack against Earth-people, and Namor will begin this war.
Appearing in "Origin of the American Ace"
Featured Characters:
- American Ace ⏵ (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Queen Ursula ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Josef (First appearance)
- Minister of Castile D'or (First appearance; dies)
Locations:
- Europe (First appearance)
- Attainia (Attania) ⏵ (First appearance)
- Castile D'or ⏵ (First appearance)
- Islet in Atlantic Ocean (First appearance)
Items:
Vehicles:
- American Ace's Airplane
Synopsis for "Origin of the American Ace"
Synopsis is written for the reprinted stories in Marvel Mystery Comics #2 and Marvel Mystery Comics #3.
Notes
- Motion Picture Funnies Weekly was a 36 page promotional book that was given out to movie theaters in April 1,1939. It was the very first comic publication associated with what would later become Marvel Comics.
- "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" reprinted in
- Invaders #20
- The Golden Age of Marvel Comics (October, 1997)
- Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (July, 2005)
- Sub-Mariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
- "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" reprinted as the first 8 pages in of the 12-page story
- Marvel Comics #1
- Marvel Comics Re-Presents: Marvel Comics #1 (1990)
- Marvel Masterworks - Sub-Mariner (2002)
- Marvel Masterworks - Golden Age Marvel Comics Volume 1
- Marvel Comics 70th Anniversary Edition #1
- Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2012)
- First six pages of "Origin of the American Ace" reprinted in
- Marvel Mystery Comics #2
- Marvel Comics Re-Presents: Marvel Comics #1 (1990)
- Marvel Masterworks - Golden Age Marvel Comics Volume 1
Trivia
- Bill Everett's first appearance of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner was in this comic as an eight page black and white story released six months before Marvel Comics #1.
- This comic ran for at least 4 issues before it was dropped because it was deemed unsuccessful.