Sub-Mariner 1949

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Sub-Mariner-Al Gabriele-1949

A far cry from the "ahead of their time" Bill Everett Sub-Mariner tales that both preceded and followed it, this may well be the wackiest Subby tale of them all. First you have Namor's old enemy--never seen before to my knowledge--Dr. Dill, a bicycle riding, top hatted fellow who tries to trick our hero into drinking a doctored soft drink. Namor notes the ruse...but decided to drink anyway to see what happens! It makes him grow to gigantic proportions like in a Tex Avery cartoon. Sent back to see, he picks up a boat looking for a doctor. The boat just happens to have the villain on it and he just happens to have the antidote on him. Who wrote this stuff? Stan Lee? Mickey Spillane (who really was at Marvel at the time)? Artwise, Al Gabriele inadvertently makes it look like a Giant Man story from 15 years later. The dorky villain adds to that effect.
The Silver Age Prince Man of would have ripped this guy a new asshole and shut down his neck with pleasure.

Genesis II

==Production==
''Genesis II'' was the first of three concepts that Roddenberry hoped to develop into a new [[science fiction]] [[television series]] following the success of ''[[Star Trek]]'' (the other two were ''[[The Questor Tapes]]'' and ''[[Spectre (1977 film)|Spectre]]''). ''Genesis II'' aired on [[CBS]] on March 23, 1973; although Roddenberry had stories lined up for a 20-episode first season, CBS declined to pick it up, opting instead for the short-lived ''[[Planet of the Apes (TV series)|Planet of the Apes]]'' live-action series.Alexander, David, "Star Trek Creator", ROC Books, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA, New York, June 1994, ISBN 0-451-54518-9, pp. 398-403.

The plot point about the Tyranians having a dual circulatory system with two hearts and thus identifiable because they were born with two navels was an elaborate in-joke. While producing ''Star Trek'', Gene Roddenberry was constantly besieged by demands for changes from the censors at [[NBC]]'s Broadcast Standards department, which he took to calling the "BS Department" due to the often petty nature of their revisions. Among the things to which the censors routinely objected was the depiction of a navel on anyone with a bare midriff, resulting in several reshoots of scenes with actors in revealing but otherwise "decent" attire whose navels showed. By making the double navel the distinguishing physical feature of the Tyranians, Roddenberry was effectively filming every navel that he'd been forced to censor from ''Star Trek'' twice over.

Roddenberry reworked the material into a second pilot, ''[[Planet Earth (TV pilot)|Planet Earth]]'', in which [[John Saxon (actor)|John Saxon]] replaced Cord in the role of [[Dylan Hunt]]. Based on network recommendations, this second pilot focused more on action and physical conflict than its predecessor. Though it aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1974, it was also declined. [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]], which owned the rights, reworked Roddenberry's material yet again for ''[[Strange New World (television pilot)|Strange New World]]'', also starring Saxon, which aired in 1975.

[[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]] used the name "Dylan Hunt" and many ideas from Roddenberry's ''Genesis II'' notes to create the ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' television series.[http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/tv/majel_interview_001101.html]{{dead link|date=March 2013}}
The Tyranians were much like ideas used Star Trek similar to the Klingons or the Capellans,but fully visually in development

ATLANTEANS NAMOR

ATLANTEANS
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Amir (Wolverine/Namor character) - by Chadman
Andromeda (Attuma's daughter, Defenders member) - by Chadman
Arath (Sub-Mariner foe) - by Chadman
Argos (Sub-Mariner ally) - by Chadman
Attuma (Namor foe) - by Chadman
Banara (Sub-Mariner ally) - by Chadman
Big Grokko (Attuma ally)
Bloodtide (Fathom Five member) - by Chadman
Brodar (Attuma ally)
Burka (Attuma ally) - by Proto-Man
Cirin (Sub-Mariner ally) - by Chadman
Colonel Dakkor (Andromeda ally)
Corak (Namor foe) - by Chadman
Clones of Dorma (created by Vyrra)
Cnidos (New Atlantean, 1950s)
Crab (School member)
Dara (Namor's cousin) - by Chadman
Deathcharge (Namor foe) - by Kyle Smith
Delta Nine (Atlantean clone)
Dragonrider (Fathom Five member) - by Chadman
Eel (SURF member)
Elanna (post-Cataclysm) - by Spidermay
General Epititus (Attuma foe)
Gorgul (Attuma ally) - by Chadman
Gort (Attuma ally)
Govan (Atlantean ambassador) - by Chadman
Jakka (Proteus victim)
Janus (Wolverine/Namor character) - by Chadman
"Joe" (Civil War: Front Line) - by Chadman
Kalen (grandson of Kamuu)
Kamar (Sub-Mariner foe/son) - by Chadman
Kamuu (King, pre-Cataclysm) - by Prime Eternal
Kamuu (King, post-Cataclysm) - by Spidermay
Karal (Atlantean guard) - by Prime Eternal
Kor-Konn (Attuma ally) - by Chadman
Krakos (Sub-Mariner foe) - by Chadman
Kyral (Atlantean)
Lord Arno (Avengers foe) - by Prime Eternal
Mad Twins (Namor foes) - by Chadman
Mako (Attuma ally)
Mako (First Line foe) - by Norvo
Mako (Young Masters member) - by Grendel Prime
Manowar (Fathom Five member) - by Chadman - possibly
Marqus of Earth-8310
Mephistios (Namor foe)
Minnow (School member)
Morel (Namor character) - by Chadman
Mussels (School member)
Namor

• Namor of Earth-2022 (Millennial Visions, Once and Future Sub-Mariner) - by Proto-Man
• Namor of Earth-8310
• Namor of Earth-8454 or Earth-8410
• Namor of Earth-9112
• Namor of Earth-22490 (Millennial Visions 2001)
• Namor of Eurth (Merman) - by Proto-Man
• Namor of Earth-Namor Suddenly Became Very Worried About His Body
• Namor's daughter of Earth-2022 (Millennial Visions, Once and Future Sub-Mariner)

Namora the Sea-Woman of Earth-9904
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)

• Namorita of Earth-2023 (New Warriors, Millennial Visions)
• Namorita of Earth-9105 (Forever Yesterday)
• Namorita of Earth-105709 (X-Men)

Nautak (Andromeda foe)
Noble, Nia (Half-Atlantean) - by LV
Ocar (Kamuu ally, pre-Cataclysm)
Ogarth (New Atlantean, 1950s) - by John Kaminski

• his invasion forces

Orka (the Human Killer Whale, Namor foe) - by Chadman
Orrek (Kamuu foe, post-Cataclysm)
Politus (Amir's husband, Wolverine/Namor character) - by Chadman
Princess Fen

• Princess Fen of Earth-717
• Princess Fen of Earth-8310

Proteus (Namor foe) - by Chadman
"Queen of the Sub-Sea Realm's" men (Namor foes)
Ramin (Namor character)
Remora (Namor character) - by Chadman
Rennar (Kamuu ally, post-Cataclysm)
Ronga (Defenders character) - by Chadman
Ruthar (Namor foe)
Saru-San (Attuma ally) - by Chadman
School (Atlantean criminals)
Seahorse (School member)
Seaweed (School member)
Serestus (Attuma ally)
Shabarr (Kamuu foe, post-Cataclysm)
Shakkoth (Namor character) - by Chadman
Shalak (Namor character)
Shark Rider (Ghost Rider character) - by Loki

• his great white shark

Sharkskin (SURF member)
Shem (Atlantean) - by Proto-Man
Squid (School member)
Stegor (Kammu's father, post-Cataclysm)
Sub-Mariner

• Sub-Mariner of Earth-8310
• Sub-Mariner of Eurth (Merman) - by Proto-Man
• Sub-Mariner of Earth-Namor Suddenly Became Very Worried About His Body

Sulumor (Invaders ally) - by LV
SURF (Atlantean team) - by Prime Eternal
Tanas (Elanna's husband)
Tareva (Dr. Strange character)
Tarna (Namor foe)
Thakorr

• Thakorr of Earth-717
• Thakorr of Earth-8310

Thakos (Namor character) - by Chadman
Thallo (Atlantean king)
Timoran (Sub-Mariner foe) - by Chadman
Tornaga (Atlantean)
Tyrak (Avengers foe) - by Prime Eternal
Undertow (SURF member)
Vayos (Sub-Mariner foe) - by Chadman
Vyrra (Namor character) - by Chadman
Worta (Attuma ally)
Wurta (Attuma ally)
Xiomara (Andromeda ally)
Zantor (Hulk/Namor foe) - by Chadman
Zapal (Kamuu ally, pre-Cataclysm)
Zarta (Queen, post-Cataclysm) - by Spidermay
Zartra (Queen, pre-Cataclysm) - by Prime Eternal
Zeno (New Atlantean, Ogarth ancestor)
Zoga (Namor foe)
Zoran (Sub-Mariner foe) - by Chadman

Maps:
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1 (January, 1983)

Merged maps from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition #1 (December, 1985) & #7 (June, 1986)

Compiled by Madison Carter
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  I created this character-PRINCE ERIC KHORUM RHANN-a sort of hybrid between Conan of Cimmeria and Prince Namor.His race are not the usually done underwater human,stuck underwater-who breath water and intereact their watery environment,as we do with our air environment.They wear a diving suites and googles for protecton from the water,but breath water like a fish.The question is how would you do about creating a sort amphibian human?Anyone have some idea?
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  WARLORD KING-NHAIMARR COLLANN
  
  UBERSEA-UNDERSEA WARRIOR-CHAMPION
  
  Introduction
  
  Beyond the farthest stars of the Terran Federation frontier-beyond the Great Vault of Heavens,there exist the fantastic and savage world of Terra-Prime,A massive dysonsphere-an artificial world,created as a vast experiment to see if many species from many worlds from all over Terran Space and beyond could live together around on an inner surface of massive Schell around a primal sun of a binary star system.
  
  The Great gods of Atlantis and the Lords of Light began to watch over this world,just they fashioned it out of will,atlantium steel and great powers.Some even choose to stay and acts as guides to the citizenry of this new world.
  
  Thus began the Great Golden Ages of Terra-Prime.where great cities spread across the lands and even under the Seventeen Seas of this world
  
  
  
  The Golden Ages�
  
  The Golden Ages�
  
  This was a time of Great growth and prosperity upon the many lands of Terra-Prime,when the sons of Atlantis and their Terran children built great and vast gleaming cities upon the inner surface of this dyson world.Golden and silver towers reached into the azure skies.as the land was covered by sprawling cityscapes and natural lands beyond.
  
  This was thus also the Great Golden Age of Heroes upon Terra-Prime.Gharvant Sarkhon,Odyseus Rhann,Toreus Collann,Ulyseas Drago,Athena Draghus,Dargo MacKheer,Carter Hawkwind,Prince Primus Naimarr Rhann ,and many of other members of this justice legion of Golden Age Terra-Prime.
  
  THE CATACLYSMIC AGE
  
  Yet between the years of the Great Golden Ages of Terra-Prime and ,Great Cataclysmic Age and the years of Great Disaster Era that followed,there was the Great Trongaroth Wars and occupation.Beyond that was freedom-to rebuild and reform the many nations on many continents of Terra-Prime.
  
  Here began the rise of many Great Cataclysmic Age heroes,that took upon the job to reform and fight for freedom upon the many lands of Terra-Prime.
  
  Heroes like Warlord Kind Johnathan Redhawk and company,,Warlord King Toreus Starkiller and crew,Shaun MacKasaster,Toreus Rhann the Slayer.Khazhar Khonn,Prince Eric Khorvis Rhann and many others of this Apocholyptic Justice Legion of Cataclysmic Terra-Prime.
  
  The First Silver Age
  
  Thus began a Great Silver Age of Terra-Prime.partially medieval-where feudal nations above the seas and below the lands of this grand dysonworld.
  
  Yet,out of this came a Great Silver Age-not as great as the Old post cataclysmic Golden Age,but a time of great wonder and progress.
  
  And here too were Great Silver Age Heroes.Prince Toreus Rhann,the First,Prince Primus Khorum Rhann,Carson Thuron,Victor MacKaster,Arenjun Sarkhon,Alexander Zardoz,Ulyseas Starkiller,Varghis Darkwater,and many of other members of this justice legion of Silver Age Terra-Prime.
  
  The Second Silver Age
  
  Thus in time began the Second Silver Age of Terra-Prime.
  
  Here began a great age of savagery and triumph-the frugal wars were beginning to wane and the many nations began to form alliances with other nations above and below the seas of Terra-Prime.
  
  .Thus out of this era came Prince Toreus Rhann,the Second,Atilus Sojat,Eric Darkwaters and Faphmere Khonn,Prince Eric Khorum Rhann.Janus Rhann,Prince Dargo Mackheel,and many others heroes of justice upon the Great Land and Undersea Kingdoms of Terra-Prime.
  
  The Exile of Carthonia
  
  Warlord King Nhamarr Collann
  
  Carthonian Exile,Thief,Mercenary,Bandit,and Pirate,turned husband pirate of Queen Valeria Draghus Vhaun.Collann.Nhamarr Collann,is a distant relative of Prince Eric Khorum Rhann-hero of Aqualonia.Prince Khorum Arghon Rhann-Great Great Grand Father to Prince Eric Khorum Rhann-marries Lady Cassandria Collann-Great Great Grand Mother to Warlord King Nhaimarr Collann.
  
  Sort of a combination of Prince Namor and the later John Buscema Conan.King Conan.
  
  Queen Valarea Draghus Vhaun Collann
  
  Captain of Vandhollan sub-marine wolf HMS Tiger SeaShark.battlecarrier group.Girlfriend and wife of Warlord King Nhamarr Collann. Princess of the Great Vandollan Wilderness .[Vandollan Expanse- Vandollan Kingdom]
  
  [Sort of a combination of an under the sea Belit-Queen of the Black Coast.Lady Dorma and Red Sonja,]
  
  Warlord Urghund and Lady Vallassa MacKhan.
  
  Exiled military commander of Carthonia,and exiled swordswoman of Carthonia.
  
  Right-hand friends of Warlord King Nhaimarr Collann.
  
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Introduction


Beyond the farthest stars of the Terran Federation frontier-beyond the Great Vault of Heavens,there exist the fantastic and savage world of Terra-Prime,A massive dysonsphere-an artificial world,created as a vast experiment to see if many species from many worlds from all over Terran Space and beyond could live together around on an inner surface of massive Schell around a primal sun of a binary star system.

The Great gods of Atlantis and the Lords of Light began to watch over this world,just they fashioned it out of will,atlantium steel and great powers.Some even choose to stay and acts as guides to the citizenry of this new world.

Thus began the Great Golden Ages of Terra-Prime.where great cities spread across the lands and even under the Seventeen Seas of this world

The Golden Ages�


The Golden Ages�

This was a time of Great growth and prosperity upon the many lands of Terra-Prime,when the sons of Atlantis and their Terran children built great and vast gleaming cities upon the inner surface of this dyson world.Golden and silver towers reached into the azure skies.as the land was covered by sprawling cityscapes and natural lands beyond.

This was thus also the Great Golden Age of Heroes upon Terra-Prime.Gharvant Sarkhon,Odyseus Rhann,Toreus Collann,Ulyseas Drago,Athena Draghus,Dargo MacKheer,Carter Hawkwind,Prince Primus Naimarr Rhann ,and many of other members of this justice legion of Golden Age Terra-Prime.
THE CATACLYSMIC AGE


Yet between the years of the Great Golden Ages of Terra-Prime and ,Great Cataclysmic Age and the years of Great Disaster Era that followed,there was the Great Trongaroth Wars and occupation.Beyond that was freedom-to rebuild and reform the many nations on many continents of Terra-Prime.
Here began the rise of many Great Cataclysmic Age heroes,that took upon the job to reform and fight for freedom upon the many lands of Terra-Prime.

Heroes like Warlord Kind Johnathan Redhawk and company,,Warlord King Toreus Starkiller and crew,Shaun MacKasaster,Toreus Rhann the Slayer.Khazhar Khonn,Prince Eric Khorvis Rhann and many others of this Apocholyptic Justice Legion of Cataclysmic Terra-Prime.

The First Silver Age


Thus began a Great Silver Age of Terra-Prime.partially medieval-where feudal nations above the seas and below the lands of this grand dysonworld.

Yet,out of this came a Great Silver Age-not as great as the Old post cataclysmic Golden Age,but a time of great wonder and progress.

And here too were Great Silver Age Heroes.Prince Toreus Rhann,the First,Prince Primus Khorum Rhann,Carson Thuron,Victor MacKaster,Arenjun Sarkhon,Alexander Zardoz,Ulyseas Starkiller,Varghis Darkwater,and many of other members of this justice legion of Silver Age Terra-Prime.
The Second Silver Age


Thus in time began the Second Silver Age of Terra-Prime.

Here began a great age of savagery and triumph-the frugal wars were beginning to wane and the many nations began to form alliances with other nations above and below the seas of Terra-Prime.

.Thus out of this era came Prince Toreus Rhann,the Second,Atilus Sojat,Eric Darkwaters and Faphmere Khonn,Prince Eric Khorum Rhann.Janus Rhann,Prince Dargo Mackheel,and many others heroes of justice upon the Great Land and Undersea Kingdoms of Terra-Prime.
The Exile of Carthonia


Warlord King Nhamarr Collann

Carthonian Exile,Thief,Mercenary,Bandit,and Pirate,turned husband pirate of Queen Valeria Draghus Vhaun.Collann.Nhamarr Collann,is a distant relative of Prince Eric Khorum Rhann-hero of Aqualonia.Prince Khorum Arghon Rhann-Great Great Grand Father to Prince Eric Khorum Rhann-marries Lady Cassandria Collann-Great Great Grand Mother to Warlord King Nhaimarr Collann.

Sort of a combination of Prince Namor and the later John Buscema Conan.King Conan.
Queen Valarea Draghus Vhaun Collann


Captain of Vandhollan sub-marine wolf HMS Tiger SeaShark.battlecarrier group.Girlfriend and wife of Warlord King Nhamarr Collann. Princess of the Great Vandollan Wilderness .[Vandollan Expanse- Vandollan Kingdom]

[Sort of a combination of an under the sea Belit-Queen of the Black Coast.Lady Dorma and Red Sonja,]
Warlord Urghund and Lady Vallassa MacKhan.

Exiled military commander of Carthonia,and exiled swordswoman of Carthonia.

Right-hand friends of Warlord King Nhaimarr Collann.
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  I haven't read much on Prince Namor-a few of those 1970's Bill Everett stories,which ok,but nothing great,other than some nice art.I read a few Gene Colen ones,only because,he shared the reprints,with the Hulk.Those were ok,too.Times I liked Namor,was he was very pissed off.I at time,in the 1970's,I managed to read,what appearece he had in his own,the Fantastic Four and were ever.I would say I was his biggest fan,tough.The Sub-Mariner seemed too stuck in his Underwater Superman/Tarzan imatation cycle.I'd rather read Conan at Marvel Comics,with Roy Thomas,Barry Smith,Gil Kane and John Buscema doing their best or Joe Kubert's Tarzan at DC COMICS,doing a better job than anyone else-since or before.As you can tell,I'd rather read Fantasy Epics,set in a fictional world,similar to ours-past ,not so far off,by Edgar Rice Burrough or distant,Age Undreamed of,by Robert E.Howard.I didn't Prince Namor,but I alway felt Marvel has never unleashed his Heroic Fantasy potential-just placed as another underwater superhero,fighting this or that guy-even he predates the more publicly known Aquaman-another guy,who rarely gets unshine his superhero image and go toatal Heroic Fantasy.Marvel or DC Comics dosen't know it or care,but both Prince Namor and Aquaman,have more in common with the likes of Conan,Tarzan or John Carter of Mars,than Superman or Captain America.
  
  Prince Eric Khorum Rhann the idea came to me,some years ago,about
  19983 or so,looking an ad for a Marvel Comic-it was one about the
  PRINCE NAMOR COMIC-you know the echology,yuppie Sub-Mariner
  one,started by John Byrne,badly written and not much else beyond
  beautiful art to recamend reading.Well,this was long after Byne
  exited the scene and creators scranbled for things to do,with the
  book.With axception of the art and first,much of the John Byrne Namor comic was pretty much same old dum crap-nothing new.The first issue was ok,explainning Namor's Bipolar problems.At this point,Namor got long hair and looked sort of Conan like.
  And it hit me,like an anvil on the head-ke bash ...where as it
  would never to the Big Boys at Marvel,here was a wonderful idea for
  a fantasy comic.Mix the Hyborean Age of Conan and the undersea world
  of Prince Namor McKkenzie.
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  Prince Namors Second Armor-notice the tiny weener.
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  Of course,it was not as simple as that-just sinking the Hyborean
  Age into the sea.This kind of thing and such,created a few
  problems,others never thought of,with neither Namor or Aquaman.
  I needed to figure how exactly human beings,that breath both air
  and water,might live and survive with an atmosphere domed
  cities,while being able to breath underwater.I did not want to
  repete those blue faced,bubble helmet guys of the Marvel Comics had
  for decades.And I did just create another lost,sunken city,just
  sitting upon the ocean floor,with fish swimming in and out every
  window.After all the ocean can contaminate and ruin must of a
  surface city surface ,faster than oxigen could ever do.Look at the
  SS Titantic-pretty much a skyscaper moving across the ocean surface
  and being sunk for decades,did not leave the ship in prime condition
  over the years.Plus the problems with sword making and
  fire,underwater causes many problems.
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• Not matter how much Marvel BS
  you pile on,underwater cities created many problems,that the
  creators either never saw or just choose ignor out of
  convenience.Clothe,art,travel,and just about anything you might name
  is altered in some way,if you simply sink a primative civilization
  or society under water.
  Mixing Conan with Prince Namor was more just flooding a typical
  Hyborean Age city with water and taking it from there.I saw this not
  as a hinderence,but a challenge.
  
  My goal,using many of previousely existing material for other
  Maveric Comic Properties,was set this series on a world,I created
  for another character-Prince Toreus Rhann,who inhabited a huge
  dysonsphere,out in deep space,where his and another character-Jason
  Gullivar elsewhere,shared adventures.The savage world of Terra-
  Prime,would be big enough for many heroes,and was thrown back into a
  semi-medievil state-some time after some ancient global cataclysmic
  disaster,that whipped much of a more advance civilization,that
  existed ages ago on this world.This Pangean civilization,that was
  created afterward had the primative look of many sword and sorcerey
  worlds.but also had enough remnants of a science fiction
  technological civilization,to give an atmosphere of magic and the
  fantastic,without turning it,all into a typical sword and sorcery
  epic adventure.Despite the books origins,I did want also to just
  created another Conan magical world for my heroes to dwell within.
  I had my goals set down for me.
  
  With this,the undersea world of Prince Eric Khorum Rhann was
  becoming realized within my mind.The trouble was,making such an
  unworldly environment work,without falling into many undersea
  cliches.
  And that was the real trick,as Han Solo once said to Obi Wan and
  Luke...how to make it work...
  
  Sincerely your.
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Prince Eric Khorum Rhann sketches

Prince Eric Khorum Rhann sketch