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Quote1 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! Quote2
Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)

Appearing in "The Hidden World!"

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  • Lunarians (First appearance)
    • Numerous unnamed Lunarians

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Synopsis for "The Hidden World!"

A supposed new moon that orbits around Earth undetected suddenly eclipses the sun, then much of the water on Earth begins to be pulled into space, threatening to put the planet through a drought of global proportions. Among those are the people of Atlantis who find their kingdom drained of water and only have hours before they will suffocate. During a meeting of the United Nations, the world governments accuse the Sub-Mariner for such an attack.

Hearing the reports in the news Betty Dean warns Namor and convinces him to do something about the problem, however Namor is furious at being wrongly accused for the crisis. Knowing only the surface water of the planet had been taken and knowing that there is a cistern of water under Betty's property, digs a hole in the yard to reach it. As soon as the water is exposed the same force pulls the water, and Namor into space and to the second moon. He finds himself on the surface and meets the alien inhabitants of the moon. They explain to him that when their moon passes the Earth they use the device to pull sucks Earth's water to it for a short period, allowing them to keep a relatively small amount of water for their people when the water is eventually returned to Earth. Furious with the people on the surface of the Earth for accusing him of the situation tells the aliens that they must keep the water away from the Earth.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Namora has come to the home of Betty Dean to try and find Namor to solve the crisis in Atlantis. Learning that Namor was pulled into space, Namora returns home to tell Princess Fen what happened. Fen then attempts to communicate with her son telepathically. The message is received by Namor who realizes that in getting revenge against the surface world he will doom his own people as well. Namor orders the aliens to return the water, but they refuse. Namor fights through them and reverses their devices sending all the water and himself back to Earth. Back on Earth, Namor returns to Atlantis where he is welcomed back home with open arms. He is informed by Namora that the surface dwellers still blame him for the episodes and he decides to leave to show the surface dwellers that he means revenge.

Appearing in "Courage!"

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  • Dekka

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Synopsis for "Courage!"

At the age of ten, Namor is goaded into going up to the surface to brave a blizzard by his step-cousin Byrrah. Namor takes Byrrah up on the challenge and goes exploring the Antarctic wastes in the blizzard. However he soon begins to succumb to the cold and passes out. He is woken up by the approach of huskies that were left away behind during the last scientific exploration.

The huskies attack Namor, but the boy surprises himself by being able to fight them off with his bare hands. Namor then returns to Atlantis to tell his mother about his enhanced strength.

Appearing in "The Keewahla Curse"

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Synopsis for "The Keewahla Curse"

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Appearing in "Shark Bait"

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  • Mal

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  • Tammy

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Synopsis for "Shark Bait"

A salvage team comprised of Mal, Pete, and Tammy is hired for a suspicious job. After investigating the wreck and finding guns and gold they're confronted by their employer who is a communist agent. Pete kills the agent then talks Mal into halting off on reporting the plot until after they retrieve the gold and just report the guns.

Mal agrees, but when he goes down to collect the gold he learns that Pete aims to take all the gold for himself. Peter greased Mal's air hose and through the communists agent in the water to draw sharks. After Mal removes his heavy boots and swims to the surface he notices Tammy's body getting thrown over in the nick of time as a shark goes for Tammy's corpse insetad of Mal. Mal climbs onto the ship and tries to get Pete with a spear gun but misses. As Pete is about to take the kill shot with his gun, he slips in some of the grease he used on the air hose and falls into the waters where he's eaten by sharks.

Appearing in "War of the Poles!"

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Synopsis for "War of the Poles!"

Byrrah confronts his step-cousin Namor demanding to know why, when he professes to hate the surface dwellers he does not take aggressive acts against them. Namor reminds Byrrah that it is useless to go to war against the surface dwellers. A week later, Namor runs into his cousin Namora and learns that Byrrah had left with armed troops on an expedition.

Another week passes and Byrrah and his forces reach the North Pole where they blast a glacier and presses it across North America, forcing mass evacuations of Alaska and Canada as the glacier heads for the United States. With the authorities unsure how to handle this new crisis, Betty Dean uses her radio transmitter to contact the Sub-Mariner and Namora to inform them of what happened. Although Namora questions why Namor would help the surface dwellers, Namor had properly deduced that the moving glacier is really the work of Byrrah and he is threatening to cause a war between their people and the surface dwellers.

Needing to stop Byrrah, Namor decides to fight fire with fire by gathering his own troops and blasting loose an ice berg from the South Pole. He then pilots the glacier to the Gulf of Mexico where Byrrah's ice burg has just passed and collides with it destroying both ice bergs. With Byrrah's ice berg destroyed, the displaced surface dwellers return to their homes and Namor returns to Atlantis. There he gets a note from Byrrah who concedes this round but vows to attack again.

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