—Sub-Mariner (Namor)No one may come near the person of the Sub-Mariner! The fates have decreed it so! Namor must be forever alone!
Appearing in "Purpose!"
Featured Characters:
- Sub-Mariner (Namor) (Main story, flashback and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Caleb Alexander (First appearance)
- Carrie Alexander (First appearance)
- Marrs Corporation (First appearance)
- Phoebe Marrs (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Desmond Marrs (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Navy (Mentioned)
- Unnamed tribe (First appearance)
- Chief Ve'ehalo (First appearance)
- Fates (Invoked)
- Lady Dorma (Hallucination)
- Marrina (Hallucination)
- Leonard McKenzie (Only in recap)
- Princess Fen (Only in recap)
- King Thakorr (Only in recap)
- United Nations (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Mentioned)
- Caleb Alexander's mother (Mentioned)
- Marrs Corporation (First appearance)
- Gerrold (First appearance)
- Maitland (First appearance)
- Margaret (Mentioned)
- Bevis (First appearance)
- Alexander the Great (Mentioned)
- Parallel Conglomerate (Mentioned) (Taken over and renamed Oracle Inc.)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Atlanteans (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Earth
- South Ocean
- Unnamed island (First appearance)
- Antarctica/South Pole (Only in recap)
- Atlantis (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- New York City, New York (Only in flashback)
- Harlem (Only in flashback)
- United Nations (Mentioned)
- Marrs Corporation (First appearance)
- New York City, New York (Only in flashback)
- South Ocean
Items:
- Treasure from a Spanish ship (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Oracle (the Alexander's ship)
- Oracle (Icebreaker) (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "Purpose!"
Biologists Carrie and Caleb Alexander come across a seriously disoriented Namor. Fortunately, Namor has been a pet project of Caleb Alexander ever since Namor saved his life as a kid. Namor learns that his past personality fluctuations have been caused by an oxygen imbalance in his blood due to his hybrid human/Atlantean makeup and Caleb has devised a recycling device to correct the problem. Namor decides to change the direction of his life. Using the vast wealth of sunken treasure, he launches a new company called Oracle Incorporated, which draws the attention of the power-hungry Marrs Twins.
