Namor is...well,
you know how he is.
But how about a story where he gets pissed off at
everyone, above and below the surface?
We start with Namor discovering a previously unknown deep sea trench near Europe:
OK, bad guys then!
But Namor gets away..
.because he packs a shiv!!
Octopussies!!
Anyway, humans--European humans, at least--are
dickweeds, too!
Wait!!
You're talking to
a hybrid mutant ruler of an amphibious race--one who saved your hash during
WWII--and you have
doubts about the existence of octopus men?!? Are you mad?
Well, you can guess what happens immediately.
Man, I love that panel.
Bill Everett rules, guys.
Of course, the humans come crawling to Namor for help now...
Again...people need to say "
Bah!" in comics more often!!
The funny part--they
still don't believe Namor. It can't be octopus men--it must be
Americans!!
The
EU (or whatever, I'm on a roll) used depth charges to seal up most of the tunnels. Fortunately for America's sake...there are a couple of stragglers left!
So now Namor hates everyone, under and over the sea. We
all suck!!
I think Namor just needs his own planet, where he won't have to interact with anyone for awhile!
By the way, lest you scoff at octopus men...
...this video
clearly shows that octopi only about 5 minutes away from evolving enough to murder us all in our beds.
So, when Namor warns you about octopus men, you'd damned well better listen!!
From Human Torch #38 (1954)