Thursday, March 14, 2019

HEROINE HEADCOUNT: NAMORA



At a time when DC had yet to give birth to Batwoman or Supergirl, Timely Comics introduced a female cousin for their popular male hero, Namor the Sub-Mariner. She first appeared as a guest star in the Sub-Mariner story for MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #82 (1947), and made the majority of her appearance in her cousin's tales, though she had three issues of her own series in 1948.

Namora had largely the same powers of strength and ankle-winged flight as Namor, and disappeared during the Silver Age, until a retcon story accounted for her absence and introduced her daughter Namorita, who would later join the supergroup New Warriors.

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