{"id":3236,"date":"2021-02-09T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2021-01-03T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T19:41:36","slug":"575-namor-the-original-aquaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/575-namor-the-original-aquaman\/","title":{"rendered":"575 &#8211; Namor, the Original Aquaman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/namor-the-aquaman.png\" alt=\"A panel from &quot;The Sub-Mariner Meets the Octopus Men&quot; in Human Torch #38, May 1954\" class=\"wp-image-3237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/namor-the-aquaman.png 876w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/namor-the-aquaman-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/namor-the-aquaman-768x652.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><figcaption>A panel from &#8220;The Sub-Mariner Meets the Octopus Men&#8221; in Human Torch #38, May 1954<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Psst, Atlas!  Your superhero revival attempt seems tinged with DC-envy when you describe Namor as &#8220;the original Aquaman&#8221;.  Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/78-the-sub-mariner\/\">Namor was introduced two years<\/a> before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/174-aquaman\/\">DC aquatic character<\/a>.  Yes, your anti-hero character is more complex and has a more interesting mythology.  Yes, your character actually has a supporting cast.  Not only that, your character has headlined comic books, appeared on multiple covers, and was responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/110-the-first-cross-over\/\">first superhero crossover<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquaman has been a one-note character in a backup feature with a silly costume design, and in the 13 years of his existence has never even once appeared on a cover!  In fact, Aquaman would continue to be a pretty silly, one-note character for decades after this point.  He only became a &#8220;hit&#8221; within the last ten years or so when they introduced him into blockbuster superhero franchises.  So why Atlas &#8211; why did you feel the need to make the comparison?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psst, Atlas! Your superhero revival attempt seems tinged with DC-envy when you describe Namor as &#8220;the original Aquaman&#8221;. Yes, Namor was introduced two years before the DC aquatic character. Yes, your anti-hero character is more complex and has a more interesting mythology. Yes, your character actually has a supporting cast. Not only that, your character [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[547,225,90,92,553],"class_list":["post-3236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-547","tag-aquaman","tag-marvel","tag-namor","tag-superhero-revival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3238,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions\/3238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}