Who is Namor? The history of Black Panther 2’s anti-hero explained

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Who is Namor? The history of Black Panther 2’s anti-hero explained
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Want to know what to expect from Black Panther's new anti-hero, Namor? Here's a quick guide to the complex history of one of Marvel's oldest characters.

It looks like Tenoch Huerta's costume will consist of more than just Speedos.As far back as the early 1950s, US television was eyeing up Namor as a potential rival to The Adventures of Superman, but the live-action project was abandoned without even filming a pilot. Marvel’s efforts to make a Sub-Mariner show in the ’70s met much the same fate, largely thanks to perceived similarities with the short-lived Man from Atlantis TV series.

With regard to his long-awaited live-action debut, however, Namor has been repeatedly thwarted by that age-old enemy of the comic book icon: wrangles over screen rights. ) that the character was back under Marvel control. But he also added that “there are entanglements that make it less easy. There are older contracts that still involve other parties that mean we need to work things out before we move forward on it.”article from October 2022 suggested that rights issues prevented director Ryan Coogler from including Namor in the first Black Panther movie, though it’s clear they’ve been cleared up in time for Wakanda Forever.

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