Friday, November 24, 2023

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 381: NYARL-AMEN

(More Fun Comics 065, 1941)


Okay, so the guy on the throne is Nyarl-Amen, AKA the Ancient One AKA the Lost Wisdom AKA the Wonder Wisdom. Fifty thousand years ago he ruled the world from beneath the waves as head of the Nyarl-Amen Dynasty.


Nyarl-Amen has lived in the City of Nyarl-Amen for one hundred thousand years...


His arsenal includes the Magic Eyes of Nyarl-Amen...


And together with his minions the Fish Men of Nyarl-Amen he seeks to reconquer the world and presumably establish a Second Dynasty of Nyarl-Amen. Whatever you say about this civilization, "It has too many names," can't be one of them.

The thing is, all this repetition has left me unsure just whether we're dealing with an immortal fish-man sea-wizard attempting to reclaim his glory after 500 centuries or a city with an upstart ruler and bad imagination. I suppose whether it's Nyarl-Amen the First or Nyarl-Amen the Six Hundred and Fifteenth doesn't really matter since Dr Fate ends up blowing up every single Nyarl-Amen mentioned thusfar.

These guys should 100% be BRUNG BACK for one simple reason: the best thing about Aquaman stories is the weird collection of pulp novel civilizations that coat the DCU seafloor and these fish-head weirdos would enhance that immeasurably.

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