Namor: The Best Defense Vol 1 1

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Published	Released
February, 2019	December 5, 2018
Issue Details
	Pages 40 Rating T+ (13 and up) Original Price $4.99
1st story
	Writer Chip Zdarsky; Penciler Carlos Magno; Inker Carlos Magno; Colourist Ian Herring; Letterer Travis Lanham; Editor Tom Brevoort; Alanna Smith;

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!

-- King Namor the Sub-Mariner

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

King Namor the Sub-Mariner

Supporting Characters:

Council of Atlantis (First appearance)
- Crostahl (First appearance)
- Kallthro (First appearance)
- Unnamed other (First appearance)
Atlantean Army
Machan (First appearance)
Kataw (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Vodani Army (First appearance)
King Okun (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
The Skrilkrak (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

Avengers (Mentioned)
Kallthro's grandfather (Mentioned)
Defenders of the Deep (Mentioned)
Luftwaffe (Recap)
U.S. Army (Recap)
Unidentified aliens (Only appearance; death)
Unidentified killer (Deceased)
Princess Fen (Mentioned)
Leonard McKenzie (Mentioned)
Nazis (Referenced)
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Behind the scenes)

Races and Species:

Atlanteans / Vodani
Atlantean-Human Hybrids
Fish
Whales
Turtles
Sharks
Comb Jellies (First appearance)
Unidentified alien species
Ul'lula'ns
Humans (Mentioned)
Giant Squids
Zenn-Lavians (Behind the scenes)

Locations:

Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
  - Solar System (Main story and recap)
    - Earth (Main story and recap)
      - Atlantic Ocean
        Atlantis
      - Pacific Ocean
        Mindanao Trench
      - France (Recap)
  - Vodan (First appearance)
    - Canyons of Sorrow (First appearance)

Items:

Vehicles:

Namor's submarine
The Train (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
Silver Surfer's Surfboard

Events:

Avengers World Tour (Mentioned)
World War II (Recap)

Synopsis for 1st story

Solicit Synopsis

“THE BEST DEFENSE” PART TWO!

• The Monarch of the Oceans has declared war once more on the surface world in the pages of AVENGERS. And if this is a war that Namor means to win, he is going to need allies to stand beside him!

• The Sub-Mariner’s quest for a lost tribe of sea-dwellers carries him further than he ever thought possible—and to a reckoning both strange and wonderful!

• And hey, what’s up with that weird apparition in the sheet, anyway?

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Namor: The Best Defense Vol 1 1

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