Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Quotes

You are too lovely to die, even though you are an American!

The filthy swine will die trapped in their own infernal machine. War such as theirs is a horrible thing - they deserve to die.

-Well, well! -At last we meet, eh fire-bug?

We must fight... we're one against hundreds... but we must win... let's start!

You're not in the habit of thinking, are you? You and the Torch - a fine pair!

Hi, Angel! Let's give these rats, the works!

I know I've done terrible evil! How can I square accounts?

Guilty! --and the name is Namor -- alias the human mackerel.

You'll swing for this, catfish!

Torch! Toro! I was never so glad to see you mugs in all my life!

I'm proud of those people who are giving up everything to go over and entertain the boys. Best of luck folks!

The crazy fool thought he could make imitations of the Sub-Mariner! And he nearly succeed in getting us all blown up to smithereens! By gar, he'll learn, like anyone else who tries to destroy the Sub-Mariner, that he's got to reckon with my peculiar talent for revenge!!!

But you wouldn't believe it either! No one would!! Everyone thinks I'm to blame-- but I'll show'em! I'll show'em!! Leave me alone, now --- I've got to rest, and I need time to dream up another plan to teach the stupid surface-people a lesson --- one which won't hurt my own people this time!

I've learned a lesson, too, American -- and that's not to let myself be conned into anything by a red!

Well! Here is a prize worth catching!

A penny for your thoughts, Sue?

I realise now that the Torch has more power than I gave him credit for!

I vow to be true to the name of Namor, which means "avenging son"! I shall never rest till the insolent human race has paid for its crimes against our people! Now rise, and pledge me your hearts, your hands, your lives!

Not since I lost my heart to Sue Storm have I seen such a beauty as the Scarlet Witch!

They recognize me! They flee in panic! Shall such as these rule over Earth instead of Namor??!

You speak to Namor, my lady! What does danger matter when every fiber of my being long to strike out again for justice... to battle for my heritage!

Something looming up ahead of me...like a mountain of seaweed or...no! By Neptune, it is a man-shape!! It is a gigantic Seaweed Man!

No longer can I stand! The mighty Sub-Mariner is helpless..! This cannot be the way it shall end! Not for this was I born a prince! And yet...The darkness is stealing over my brain...The shadows begin to engulf me...!

Advance then, evil ones! Though this be my final hour, it shall be remembered so long as memory endures... so long as legend survives! A prince may perish, but he does so with glory!

He who wears the crown is monarch of loneliness! There are those who would flatter, deceive, and betray him! But, there are those whose loyalty has been proved! Such a one is my Lady Dorma! And, there is yet another... Let Vashti the elder come forward..!

He was created immediately after the last holocaust... the tragic era when Atlantis was almost destroyed... When I myself almost lost my kingdom! The Behemoth is our guarantee that such a disaster will never occur again!

A penny for your thoughts, Sue?

In the name of Father Neptune, now does Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis, Emperor of the Deep, Lord of the Seven Seas and Supreme Commander of the undersea legions, duly proclaim for all to witness... the victory is truly mine! Let no man deny that Namor is, and ever shall be, Prince of the Blood!

Fate herself shall deal with he! Ever shall he wander... homeless...friendless... spurned and despised by all!

From the very moment when he did invade my silent domain, with his brutal lackeys, the Plunderer's hours of freedom have been numbered! This do I vow by the eternal city whose lord protector I be!

But I have seen enough! This much is forever etched into my mind-- that Atlantis was attacked from above! And, it was there on that antarctic continent-- that the humans had established a colony! Thus, there can be no doubt! The malevolence-- the greed-- the craven treachery of the air-breathers does ever stand before me like a taunting challenge! Again and again have I desired to declare war upon the hated surface-men--only to be dissuaded by the voices of Dorma mad Vashti! No more! From today, when he stood besides his mother's grave, let the heart of Namor be hardened! Imperius Rex!

Hear me, Hulk! I have come to the surface world to make you an offer! Since we are both powerful beyond description... and both outcasts... I propose we join forces!

Did you suppose that Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis was some mere human... to be long held at bay by naught save an illusion!?

Now I remember! So vivid were my memories... that they did seem like living things!

You stay right there gorgeous ... or I'll break every bone in your body!

Another whom I did love? Aye, there was... once! But that was many years ago...

No matter that Namor bears no love for the air-breathers! They are still living creatures... deserving of more than a fiery end!

Namor knows but one cry to be uttered above the din of battle -- the resounding cry of -- victory!

Brief though life be... and though a needless death is a crime against the very universe... man is ever noblest when he lives by ideals! Without them, though he possess even the intellect of the Thinker himself... he is but a beast... reaching vainly for the stars...!

I must go myself to the swirling Sargasso! For I have vowed to find Tiger Shark, if he still lives! An, though no one has ever survived alone in that sea -- Tiger Shark is like no other!

It was another who first set in motion the wheel of misfortune... and it was he who saw his folly... and paid the price! Tonight, the death knell of Atlantis shall toll for... Lord Seth!!

...As long as memory endures... and man rules above or below the tossing seas... he will owe a debt to... Dr. Strange!!

And, for such a one--to live--Is to conquer!!

For given cause, the Sub-Mariner strikes!

My crewmen-- even fair Dorma-- all greeted me with stony silence! They see what I also know-- that my loyalties are more divided than I suspected! I must act-- and act soon-- or become a monarch without a kingdom!

None must suspect that the Sub-Mariner walks among men... as a man!

Your people are a race of litterbugs, Diane...Scattering their venom recklessly on the face of a planet we all must share!

... Will mankind ever understand that Namor goes where he pleases?

I hope the lights of fair Atlantis are bright this day... very, very bright...!

...In short, Dorma, will you be no longer my Lady... and become instead, my Bride?

But there is still no other who rules in these benighted depths! No other born to cry-- Imperius Rex!

And so it ends, my lady-- an alliance of three titans, than might have altered the course of history! But perhaps we shall meet again one day-- perhaps--!

Thus, for these reasons... and others, best left unnamed... I do hereby RENOUNCE and ABDICATE the golden throne of Atlantis-- FOREVER!

Do they think they deal with one as brainless as the lumbering Hulk? They know they cannot drive me from this isle without totally destroying it-----and all they have built upon it.

I'll not pray for failure, Mutant. Namor prays for nothing.

Stare as death closely, Sunfire! Each of your "enemies" is a person... Even as you an I! You fight for "victory" and for "honor"! Yet is there "honor" in merciless murder or "victory" in the destruction of the entire Earth?

Is the curse of royalty never to leave me? I hear only echoes in reply-- echoes that will forever haunt me--

You are in my domain Avenger--! Even the strongest steel cannot long withstand my power-- and my skill!

Aye, Vashti! 'Tis fitting that my road back to sovereignty of all Atlantis begin with the guardianship... of its newest citizen.

There is no glory in war -- only death.

Another race...living among our own...? I...do not know... if my people could accept that. I do not know.

And, too, I hope one day I can forgive myself-- for being so correct.

At last, killer -- Namor shall drink his full measure of -- Vengeance!

Well, here I am-- And here is the Eye! The next move is yours, Avenger!

Child, you are wise beyond your years... and, at times, I think--beyond mine.

Your Force-field device... We need it to save my undersea kingdom --Atlantis.

Do not summon me again, Strange -- For if I come -- It will not be as an ally!

For Namor is no helpless victim... no fearful infant-- he is the prince of the blood... and non shall ever deny him that.

Project Revival was a complete success old friend-- none of them suspected it was all an act on my part-- that I never intended to destroy New York or truly invade the surface world.

(To Doctor Doom) Together we could rule the world which has rejected us both!

Perhaps I chose an ally too hastily!

You Nazis have been on the winning side too long!

So, Meranno, we meet again, do we?

Namor calls you coward, Doom.

(To the Shroud) Oh, I see, you're insane...

If you will not fight with honor -- then expect no quarter from the Avenging Son!

Atlantis has risen again! We are a whole people once more!

I came to seek out Reed Richards. But if you are indeed Defenders, then perhaps I may acquire aid from you. Atlantis is greatly imperiled!

Whoever is guilty of such callous disdain for the denizens of the deep shall suffer at the hands of the Sub-Mariner! THIS I SWEAR!

The Scarab seems almost -- Invincible!

By Proteus, that devil has given new meaning to our battle-cry.

It is time we paid back the Liberty Legion for the time they helped save us.

...your fellow surface-men send a champion against me -- and a familiar one as well. They are fools...!

You may have joined your fellow surface-men in attacking Hiram Dobbs, Iron Man, but you've e'er been a noble foe in the past. And you deserve a noble death!

Silence, human! I am Prince of the blood! Pity is for lesser mortals! Though I am part Atlantian and part-human, I have never truly felt at ease in either world! What could you know of such bitter rejection... of such utter loneliness?

It seems there is much I have yet to learn about my own kingdom.

If we all work together, perhaps future generations will look back on this day and say: "Here is where humankind -- came of age!"

Farewell, my cousin. Farewell… Atlantis!

So one mystery unlocks to show yet another. You've found us a Chinese puzzle!

Are you insane, Alphan, to come between Prince Namor and his quest?

Metamorphosed beyond all imagining, the Leviathan is indeed my wife, Marrina! And with my life or death, I will defend her!

Woe to love that it should demand such a price. For surely I must now cut out my living heart!

Namor was I born. "Avenging son." Spawn of two worlds... Yet fated to belong fully to none.

No one may come near the person of the Sub-Mariner! The fates have decreed it so! Namor must be forever alone!

Return that Body to the home of Doctor Strange, and the Mind to the original owner... or I will be forced to resort to... fisticuffs.

Great Neptune's Trident! Despite his great size, the man is agile as a dolphin pup!

Get up. Leave. Save yourself. Should my wrath need vent again... I cannot prmise your meager life will be spared.

Have I ever thanked you, Vashti. Have I ever told you how much I value your friendship?

What a consummate liar you are, Roosevelt.

I have not being fighting one of the few men Namor calls a peer... in fact, this... Strange... is not even human!

Your pink walls cannot stop me!

So, Captain--it is all right to infiltrate my country and battle the forces of fascism......but it is wrong to fight the same evil in your own land? Then I will do it without you!

Y-you're saying--my condition was psychosomatic all along?

MAR-iner. Sub-MARINER! The British pronounce it properly -- Why can't you Americans?

These waters are my province! NO ONE -- least of all you -- commands the Avenging Son!

Don't call me "Water Rat", Matchstick.

To Hell with the Defenders!

Here we are Doctor Strange trying to reason with an imbecile!

Do not think to dictate to me, Sorcerer.

...Perhaps I am not the Namor you knew. Perhaps I am the menace now, the threat to all you hold dear. But if so, I do not care. And I will tell you this: Get out of my way -- or I'll leave you broken and bleeding in my wake.

I know you see me on your monitors. You are trespassing on sacred ground.

As they have been since our..."project" with Banner began. Compounded by the face that Stark's paranoia has begun to seem...less paranoid.

You are not a god! You are not an immortal! You are the royal subject of a king, and your king demands that you stop this madness now!! ALL OF IT! You will stop this, you will leave this universe and you will not come back!

No one should ever question where my allegiance lies.

Why would you sleep with a woman who looks like Doctor Doom?

The entire Atlantean civilization will be a massive sleeper cell, waiting to awaken once more.

I refuse to recognize Tony Stark's authority. I am in YOUR custody until a more proper authority presents itself. Let's say Susan Richards and the Fantastic Four, but I'm flexible.

I was mistaken when I said it made no difference on which side I fought. You have convinced me otherwise -- with your mad ranting of a 'master race' and 'subhumans.' Earlier tonight, I weakened -- and let this U-boat live to fight again. I will not make that mistake a second time!

That thing... That was once my wife. And if I was willing to do that to her... Just imagine what I'm going to do to you.

Oh please. How much longer will you pretend to care about Scott Summers? You are the woman so brash as to name herself queen. You deserve a king. A leader of men. Not a boy playing at being soldier.

Vampire squid. Should have seen that coming.

Are you listening to yourselves? Tony Stark is the most irritating lung-man I have ever met. But he is, in his own way, as regal as either of the true princes of blood with you here today. And you would insult him by offering him charity? If Stark cannot defeat his inner demons, what good is he against alien invasions and super-powered megalomaniacs? What good will he be to we who have sworn to defend this Earth? If Tony Stark succeeds in pulling himself out of the gutter, he will be stronger than ever before. And if he fails...He was not worthy to sit among us in the first place. Either way, this road of trials that faces him now...He must walk down alone.

Ready your warriors, Jian. Outfit them with as much weaponry as they can carry. In four hours' time...we hunt the Aqueos.

We cannot help them. They have to die.

Logomancer-- our people are in danger of extinction, and this New Atlantis we're building...it means a great deal to me. It may be my last chance at redemption. This is my city. And I won't let it be destroyed by creatures that died long before we were born. ... You didn't hear that. The 'redemption' part.

Lowly beast! Your allies made this happen! It was your help that let them get so close to ending the world! Launched from my domain! I've upheld my word to Rogers, the threat is over. Now you will face the judgment of the deep!

While you slept, the world changed, old king. And it changed for the better.

Unlike my predecessors, Loa, I can no longer neglect matters beyond the walls of Atlantis. The era of emperors is gone. It's time to make something new. I have a kingdom to build, battles to fight. And a life I intend to live to the fullest. But like you, I will first pause to consider what has happened today. All that I have learned...and all that's been lost.

I learned something, down in Hell. My destiny is not written in stone, and as long as I remember that I have allies...I will prevail against Krang. I will always prevail.

Lucky. We were indeed lucky, this night. And Ramona Fischer -- wherever you are, whoever you are -- I have felt the depth of your young man's regard for you. I do not know whether you will reciprocate, once you know of it. But I hope that you will treasure it. For tonight...it was enough to save a world.

Hammers? When I fought Attuma...when he razed New Atlantis...he wielded a hammer. I have never seen anything so... It was an ungodly weapon.

The sea should boil with the righteous fury of Namor the Sub-Mariner. I should be angry. But I'm not. I was warned that someone would be coming for the hammers. I expected my one-time ally, Valkyrie. I hoped to talk some sense into her. Instead, I find you -- the one who unleashed hell on all the world...the one who brought destruction to my kingdom. So I'm not angry. I'm glad. I'm glad it's you.

This is a species of 200 declaring war on the United States of America. I admire Scott Summers. I would have his woman, of course. But that's a compliment, in its own way.

Of course, Captain... We're brothers.

What we used to call life has very little worth these days. Welcome to the very edge.

What I was going to say is these times... The three of us together--four, I suppose, with the Winter Soldier... I hope there are more of them.

I am tired of waiting for the inevitable. If I must become this thing, then let it be at a time of my own choosing.

Haven't you been paying attention, Reed? We are all monsters now. We've just been waiting for the right circumstances to reveal ourselves.

Everything dies. You. Me. Everyone on this planet. Our sun. Our galaxy, and, eventually, the universe itself. This is simply how things are. It's inevitable... and I accept it. What I will not tolerate -- what I find unacceptable -- is going quietly, like some mewling child, before my time. There is something out there, coming for us, trying to kill us all -- and I would do to it what it would do to us. Brothers. Sisters. All the angels have fallen, and we devils are all that remains... so I ask you... will you help me kill worlds?

All I know is that I'm aware of something now that looking back I wish I'd seen at the time. When we were the Invaders of World War II, I was the team's might and Steve, the strategist and natural leader, was its brain. You were the heart, Jim.

Let it be known, I take full responsibility for everything I've unleashed. I do not regret my actions, but I understand the weight of them. But I fear I'm... losing control. The Cabal are rapid dogs, and I can no longer hold their leash. I'm ready to do what we must... I'm ready to finish this.

Did you just kick my severed head?

Have to what? Do what? Because if my friend is truly dead, you'll follow him. At my hand! I Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Arisen!

Ha! Haha hahaha haha! And perhaps the Phoenix has forgotten all about you. Out of sight, out of mind, yes? Perhaps all the monsters have given up and gone away -- so that the two of us can live happily ever after. Perhaps all is truly well. But I think we both know better. I think we both can agree -- that once a monster has your scent -- the beast will never stop coming. Until at least one of you is dead in the water.

This holy war has just begun. And we will not misstep as we have in the past. No more armies hitting the beach. No more invasions. Let the air-breathers have their mounds of dirt and blackened skies. We fight for the seas, and those who called them home. The surface world has their Avengers. Now we have the Defenders of the Deep.

The surface has developed creatures and men with great power! They will attempt to destroy not only Atlantis, but Vodan as well! I will not allow it! We can't allow it!

Another exciting non-team-up for the Defenders. Let's all have shawarma sometime.

You are a kind man, Steve Rogers, and I say this as a friend... war has no place for kindness... especially among humans.

I will make a world where this cannot happen again. I will make a better world.

I know how this sounds. Like I'm a puppet. But... I'm a puppet to my own mind, to an unconscious savior. I may not have solely come up with this plan to save the world, but I know, deep in my heart... it's a good plan. It will save the world... I need you to understand this.

Who sent you?! Who sent you... to your death?

And N-Namor... Namor the f-first... King of Atlantis... Lord of all the S-Seven Seas... takes commands... from no one!

You destroyed them! You were green...

You dare?! To wear that damnable symbol? Here? Nazi scum!

And so it was set. I remember the pride I felt. And the certainty-- the absolute certainty... this was going to be amazing! It was all so long ago. And now-- now-- I do not like to think of what will come next.

They were never to be freed. And now they are free.

As King of Atlantis, Namor always forbade the abuse of children. But I am not a king anymore. And you are not a child. You are Thanos. What I do now... I do for the good of all men.

King of Wakanda, you are very far from home.

Rise, T'Challa, and know on this matter -- with you, and against all others... Atlantis fights at your side.

Good work. No lives shall be lost today.

Those robots - they can't be men! Why, they're mechanical - and so ponderous - yet they're shaped like men, and certainly they're not fish - I wonder ... One of them had some kind of fire-weapon - I'd better get out of here!

In the name of Father Neptune, now does Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis, Emperor of the Deep, Lord of the Seven Seas and Supreme Commander of the undersea legions, duly proclaim for all to witness--the victory is truly mine! Let no man deny that Namor is--and ever shall be--Prince of the Blood! IMPERIUS REX!

Everything dies. You. Me. Everyone on this planet. Our sun. Our galaxy. And, eventually, the universe itself. This is simply how things are. It's inevitable...and I accept it. What I will not tolerate--what I find unacceptable--is going quietly, like some mewling child, before my time. There is something out there, coming for us, trying to kill us all--and I would do to it what it would do to us. Brothers. Sisters. All the angels have fallen, and we devils are all that remains...so I ask you...will you help me kill worlds?

This holy war has just begun. And we will not misstep as we have in the past. No more armies hitting the beach. No more invasions. Let the air-breathers have their mounds of dirt and blackened skies. We fight for the seas, and those who called them home. The surface world has their Avengers. Now we have the Defenders of the Deep.

This must be Cape Anna Lighthouse, Dorma - it gives me an idea - we can start our crusade right here - you see, if we demolish this light, it will endanger many ships, and perhaps destroy them! - It will be our first move!

Stand quietly everyone, or I shall kill you all!