NOTES - MAY 2023

Folk:

Luther Robinson and Lynne Harris! These folks are hard to categorize! They're not villains, despite being antagonists to Namor the Sub-Mariner, because Namor is very much a villain at least half of the time. They're not heroes, despite eventually allying with Namor to fight Nazis, because they definitely attempt to commit at least one genocide against the people of Atlantis. 

They're adventurers, they've both been surgically modified by Atlantean scientists to be amphibious, and Lynne is one of a long line of women to be abducted by Namor with romantic ill-intent (and she's, like, third one, in a mere handful of stories). They're interesting artifacts of the way comic book universes come together, and that's great.

(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 010-026 (sporadically), 1940-1941) 

Vision foe Rhamu Rondi is your bog standard crooked mystic character and will make no further appearances here, but the Buddha Signal is objectively great - even early Jack Kirby knew what was up with regard to villainous décor.(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 015, 1941)

Names:

Fella name of Barney Bailey here, which is a pretty great moniker for an exhibiter of curiosities to have. (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 016, 1941)

Panel fun:

Sub-Mariner x Human Torch (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 017, 1941)

Whether this is Namor's personal flag/ crest or a more general Atlantean symbol, this bit of regalia must be noted. (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 018, 1941)

Biographical Details: Namor the Sub-Mariner weighs 198 pounds, according to the ring announcer during his foray into the world of boxing (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 020, 1941)