NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER Omnibus Volume 1

Nearly all of these stories were created when Marvel was still restricted to just ten titles or so a month, under a distribution agreement that ran from 1958 to 1968. This actually resulted in the best-ever Marvel Comics material -- Stan could still write or at least oversee every single title, and cross-overs were frequent. Amazing, iconic stories were even more frequent, such as Subby's first appearances in Fantastic Four, and in The Avengers #3 and 4, in Strange Tales battling The Human Torch, in Daredevil #7...you get the idea. - BudCreated in 1939, Namor was Marvel’s first super hero, and his 1960s reintroduction linked those appearances to create the tapestry of the Marvel Universe! Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is getting the Omnibus treatment, from his very first Silver Age appearance in The Fantastic Four, joining and/or fighting with The Avengers in their first issues, and sharing the Tales to Astonish with The Incredible Hulk, to finally getting his own solo title again. This volume takes a deep dive into his first Marvel Age exploits, collecting all the rare appearances where the anarchic antihero wreaked havoc on the nascent Marvel Universe. Back then, Namor was just as likely to team up with Doctor Doom as he was to save the world, and that was a formula for great stories.And Sue Richards and he had a thing going in those early issues of Fantastic Four!When the brash monarch earned his own series in Tales to Astonish, he set out on a quest for the Trident of Neptune that would prove his status as rightful heir to the throne of Atlantis. He’ll also battle Warlord Krang, defend the Lady Dorma and go to war with the Secret Empire on the way to his own solo series! The Hulk battles Subby in TTA #100, just before Subby got his own solo title.Collects Sub-Mariner #1; Fantastic Four #4, 6, 9, 14, 27, 33 and Annual #1; Avengers #3-4; X-Men #6; and Daredevil #7 – and material from Tales to Astonish #70-101; Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1; Tales of Suspense #79- 80; Strange Tales #107 and 125; and Not Brand Echh #1, 4 and 9, 1962-68.