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Apr
For the past 20-plus years, ever since Blade and the first X-Men film opened the floodgates for superhero movies, some of Marvel Comics’ most iconic characters have found their way to the big screen. Spider-Man, the X-Men, Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, Captain Marvel…but the very first Marvel superhero has yet to make his cinematic debut. That character is Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Created by writer and artist Bill Everett, Namor debuted in Marvel Comics #1 in October 1939, the first publication of Marvel forerunner Timely Comics. Namor was the child of a princess of Atlantis and a…