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| NAMORA |
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | |
| Codename: | Namora |
| Real Name: | Namora (current), Aquaria Nautica Neptunia (former) |
| Sex: | Female |
| Race: | Atlantean |
| Occupation: | Member of the Atlantean Royal Family |
| Identity: | Secret |
| Legal Status: | Citizen of Atlantis |
| Other Aliases: | None Known |
| Place of Birth: | Capital City of the Atlantean Empire, then located off the Antarctic coast |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Known Relatives: | Talan - husband, unnamed human - mother (deceased), unnamed Atlantean - father (deceased) |
| Current Group Membership: | The 50's Avengers (Reserve Member) |
| Former Group Membership: | The Monster Hunters |
| Base of Operations: | Atlantis |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Weight: | 160 lbs |
| Eyes: | Blue |
| Hair: | Blonde |
| Other Distinguishing Features: | Namora has pointed ears, small feathered wings at the ankles, gills beneath her ears. |
| Strength Level: | Namora possesses vast superhuman strength enabling her to lift approximately 10 tons on land under optimal conditions |
| Known Superhuman Powers: | Namora possesses certain attributes of the Homo Meramus species; superhumanly strong physiology to enable her to withstand the great water pressure changes that occur beneath the sea, blood circulation enabling her to withstand freezing temperatures, and specially-developed vision which is more sensitive to the green portion of the visible spectrum, enabling her to see in the murky ocean depths. Althoughshe does not have gills as do most Atlanteans. Namora's lungs contain lamelia (oxygen-diffusing membranes), enabling her to extract oxygen from water as she inhales it. Namora can swim through water at an approximate speed of about 26 knots (30 miles per hour) for several hours before tiring. |
| Other Abilities: | Because she is a hybrid between air-breathing Homo Sapiens and water-breathing Homo Mermanus, Namora is amphibious, able to live indefinitely under or out of water. |
| PARAPHERNALIA | |
| Costume Specifications: | Atlantean materials |
| Personal Weaponry: | None |
| Special Weaponry: | None |
| Other Accessories: | Sometimes wears Atlantean battle armour of unknown composition. |
| Transportation: | Swimming under own power. |
| Design and Manufacture of Paraphernalia: | Atlantean armourers. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| First Appearance: | Marvel Mystery Comics #82 |
| Origin Issue: | Marvel Mystery Comics #82 |
| Significant Issues: | Marvel Mystery Comics #88 (briefly teams up with Golden Girl (II) and Sun-Girl); Marvel: TLG #2 (revealed to have become a member of the Monster Hunters, present at a meeting between the Monster Hunters and some Government Agents (who would become the First Line), helped fight a human that had been transformed by some equipment on the Skrull Spaceship, helped raise the Lab to the ground); What If (Vol I) #9 (helped 3-D Man retrieve The Human Robot from the waters of New York City harbour, continued on her quest to find The Sub-Mariner); Marvel: TLG #3 (discussed her mission to find Namor with Prince Byrrah - revealed that he had been missing for six years); Namor: The Sub-Mariner #20 (revealed to have been married to Talan, she encountered Vyrra - the banished one - and allowed him to perform some tests on her, as she was unable to naturally conceive she allowed him to implant a non-identical clone fetus in her womb); Post Namor: The Sub-Mariner #20 (after these events she gave birth to her daughter - Namorita). |
(1) Namora and the likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. and are used with permission.
(2) Copyright © 2001 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved
