Appearing in "Inner Demons"
Featured Characters:
- John Mahoney (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ "Old Man" / Namor the Sub-Mariner ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Sunshine Mary (Main story and flashback)
- Bill
- Jack
Antagonists:
- Enforcers (First appearance chronologically)
- Fancy Dan (Daniel Brito) ⏵ (First appearance chronologically)
- Montana (Jackson Brice) ⏵ (First appearance chronologically)
- Ox (Raymond Bloch) ⏵ (First appearance chronologically)
- Osborn Industries (First appearance chronologically)
- Norman Osborn (First appearance chronologically)
Other Characters:
- Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (Named only)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Photo)
- Monster from Mars
- Fantastic Four (Cameo)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Cameo)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Cameo)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
- Invisible Girl (Susan Storm) (Cameo)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Miracle Man (Joshua Ayers) (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Tony Stark ⏵ (Cameo)
- Lou (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Abigail Van Buren (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan
- Lower East Side
- Bowery
- Malone's Flophouse (Name revealed)
- Bowery
- Midtown
- Baxter Building (Cameo)
- Lower East Side
- Manhattan
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Referenced)
Items:
- Copies of the Daily Bugle
- Spider-Man's Suit (Photo)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (Cameo)
- Atlantean Seal of Governorship (First appearance)
- A copy of Sub-Mariner Comics
Vehicles:
- Fantasti-Car (Cameo)
Synopsis for "Inner Demons"
Set as a prelude to Johnny Storm restoring the memory of Namor, the story follows John Mahoney a homeless alcoholic who saves the life of Namor. Since Namor has amnesia everyone refers to him as The Old Man and give John his ring as a thank you. The two become close friends, both looking out for each other, John from the alcohol and the Old Man from the brawls he ends up in. The Enforcers then show up to the boarding house they're staying at, under the pay of Norman Osborn to clear the place out, the old man attempts to fight them off and the first sign of of strength is shown to John.
They however run away in the end an later that day have an argument over John's alcoholism and John leaves contemplating selling the ring but as he's waiting outside the pawn shop he realises who the Old Man really is and has a change of heart and returns to Namor. The two reconcile and return to the boarding house to find another homeless person has been murdered by the enforcers, so both vow revenge and destroy the construction equipment. The next morning John races to remove any fingerprints from the destroyed equipment that could implicate them, just as Johnny Storm arrives. As he arrives to the site he bumps into Norman and the enforcers who try to beat the information out of him on the old man, with John proclaiming he will never reveal Namor's secret, while at the same time, Johnny is returning the memories of Namor.
Nearly beat to death, John returns and finds his friend gone but he vows to return the ring. Weeks later, Namor returns to claim the ring which is his Seal of Government. After some apparent hostility Namor leaves with the ring and John turns his life around and returns to being the pilot he was before the alcohol.
Notes
- This issue takes place at the time of Fantastic Four #3 (fight with the Monster from Mars) and Fantastic Four #4 (Johnny helps Namor recover his memory).
- Newspaper headlines mention the defeat of the Mole Man[1] and the appearance of Spider-Man.[2]
See Also
- 3 image(s) from Tales of the Marvels: Inner Demons Vol 1 1
- 1 reprint(s) of Tales of the Marvels: Inner Demons Vol 1 1
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