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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Series |
Sub-Mariner |
| Published | May 1968 |
| Artist |
John Buscema |
| Writer |
Roy Thomas |
Years Of Glory, Day Of DoomContinues from Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1.Within an icy cave in Antarctica, believing Namor to be dying beneath an avalanche of crushing ice, Destiny goads the Sub-Mariner about his second victory over him. The villain goes on to remind Namor how his own father, Captain Leonard McKenzie, helped Destiny gain the helmet of power in the first place. Thinking Namor to be dead, Destiny leaves the destroyed cave to continue his plan for world domination. However having heard his father’s name, the steel blue eyes of the Prince of Atlantis open and recall a story told to him by his deceased mother, Princess Fen…In decades past, the crew of the ice breaker ship Oracle planted explosive charges on icebergs to clear the seas. Unknown to them, the explosions wreaked massive destruction on an age old civilisation dwelling in the icy depths. Atlantis was being torn apart from above and its ruler, Emperor Thakorr, commanded his daughter to choose from their strongest warriors to investigate the source of the deadly blasts. However seeing no reason to endanger the sons of the realm, Princes Fen decided to make the ascent alone after taking a potion that allows her to breathe on the surface. On reaching the Oracle, Fen was immediately captured by one of the crew but not speaking each other’s languages, she was unable to communicate with them. Nonetheless having remained on board for a number of days, Princess Fen and Captain McKenzie fell in love and were married by the ship’s Chaplain. Weeks pass and Thakorr sends a war party in search of his missing daughter and during the inevitable clash between the humans and Atlanteans, Leonard McKenzie is slain. Princess Fen is brought back to Atlantis and from that tragic marriage was born Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner.Namor’s thoughts rush forward in time as he attempts to regain his lost memories and in his mind he finds himself in the year 1940 where he unleashes his vengeance for the first time on...