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Sub-Mariner

Namor

2,576 appearancesSince 1939

Sub-Mariner first appeared in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (1939), published by Marvel. 2,576 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Also known as Namor

Character history

Key issues

12 issues

Motion Picture Funnies Weekly
#1
first appearance · origin
1939-00-00
Marvel Comics
#1
origin
1939-10-00
Sub-Mariner Comics#1Cape Archive1941
Sub-Mariner Comics
#1
origin
1941-04-10
Sub-Mariner Comics#32Cape Archive1949
Sub-Mariner Comics
#32
origin retold
1949-06-00
Sub-Mariner
#33
origin retold
1954-04-10
Sub-Mariner
#40
origin retold
1955-06-10
Iron Man & Sub-Mariner
#1
origin retold
1968-04-00
Sub-Mariner
#1
origin retold
1968-05-00
Fantastic Four Annual
#8
origin retold
1970-12-00
Sub-Mariner
#38
origin retold
1971-06-00
Sub-Mariner
#44
origin retold
1971-12-00
Sub-Mariner
#45
origin retold
1972-01-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Sub-Mariner
1968–1974
67 issues →
Marvel Mystery Comics
1939–1949
60 issues →
THTCape Archive 1940

The Human Torch

1940–1954

33 issues →

The Avengers cover

The Avengers

1963–1996

33 issues →

SCCape Archive 1941

Sub-Mariner Comics

1941–1949

32 issues →

Tales to Astonish cover

Tales to Astonish

1959–1968

32 issues →

The Defenders cover

The Defenders

1972–1986

32 issues →

Namor, the Sub-Mariner cover

Namor, the Sub-Mariner

1990–1995

32 issues →

Marvel Super-Heroes cover

Marvel Super-Heroes

1967–1982

27 issues →

TTTCape Archive 1997

Toyfare: The Toy Magazine

1997–2011

27 issues →

The Mighty World of Marvel cover

The Mighty World of Marvel

1972–1979

23 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

1961–1996

21 issues →

All-Winners Comics cover

All-Winners Comics

1941–1947

20 issues →

Spider-Man Comic cover

Spider-Man Comic

1979–1979

19 issues →

Alpha Flight cover

Alpha Flight

1983–1994

18 issues →

Captain America cover

Captain America

1968–1996

16 issues →

Marvel Comics Presents cover

Marvel Comics Presents

1988–1995

15 issues →

Uncanny X-Men cover

Uncanny X-Men

2012–2012

15 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

1998–2011

14 issues →

Avengers cover

Avengers

2018–2023

14 issues →

The Incredible Hulk cover

The Incredible Hulk

1968–1999

13 issues →

Avengers cover

Avengers

1998–2004

13 issues →

Earth X cover

Earth X

1999–2000

13 issues →

Avengers / Invaders cover

Avengers / Invaders

2008–2009

13 issues →

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TICape Archive 1975
The Invaders
1975–1979
11 issues →
SOTCape Archive 1988
Saga of the Sub-Mariner
1988–1989
11 issues →
Twisted Toyfare Theatre
2001–2010
11 issues →
NTFCape Archive 2010
Namor: The First Mutant
2010–2011
11 issues →
Sub-Mariner
1954–1955
10 issues →
What If?
1977–1984
10 issues →
TTACape Archive 1979
Tales to Astonish
1979–1981
10 issues →
The Uncanny X-Men
1981–2011
10 issues →
New Avengers
2025–2026
10 issues →
BPCCape Archive 1946
Blonde Phantom Comics
1946–1949
9 issues →
Marvel Masterworks
1987–1993
9 issues →
What If...?
1989–1998
9 issues →
Defenders
2001–2002
9 issues →
NCape Archive 2003
Namor
2003–2004
9 issues →
ICape Archive 2019
Invaders
2019–2020
8 issues →
Terrific!
1967–1968
7 issues →
Rampage
1977–1978
7 issues →
Silver Surfer
1987–1998
7 issues →
MMGCape Archive 2004
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics
2004–2012
7 issues →
Hulk
2008–2012
7 issues →
Avengers Epic Collection
2013–
7 issues →
ASCCape Archive 1943
All Select Comics
1943–1946
6 issues →
Fantastic Four Annual
1963–1994
6 issues →
Rom
1979–1986
6 issues →
Exiles
2001–2008
6 issues →
FFWCape Archive 2001
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine
2001–2002
6 issues →
Marvel Universe: The End
2003–2003
6 issues →
MMTCape Archive 2004
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner
2004–2018
6 issues →
Captain America
2005–2011
6 issues →
EDCape Archive 2005
Essential Defenders
2005–2013
6 issues →
SCape Archive 2007
Sub-Mariner
2007–2008
6 issues →
New Avengers
2013–2015
6 issues →
NCape Archive 2024
Namor
2024–2025
6 issues →
YMCape Archive 1950
Young Men
1950–1954
5 issues →
Marvel Tales
1966–1994
5 issues →
FMCape Archive 1966
Fantasy Masterpieces
1966–1967
5 issues →