The Sub-Mariner

The storylines and artwork for this cartoon were taken straight from the Marvel classics, "Sub-Mariner" and "Tales to Astonish" comics.

The animation is sparse like in the other 1966 Marvel Superheroes cartoons. The story is what shines in these 1966 Marvel cartoons and Sub-mariner is no different. Most of the early Sub-mariner comics dealt with his hatred of surface dwellers caused by their mistreatment of the oceans. It has a catchy classic theme song like all the other Marvel Superheroes cartoons. Sub-mariner and countless other Marvel heroes are long overdue to get a new cartoon series. Maybe one day that will happen if Marvel will look past the X-men, Spiderman, or the Hulk. I know Spiderman is popular but how many Spiderman cartoons can one make and not be repetitive. Submariner has plenty of potential and would be at least unique. Anyway Submariner is worth checking out.

Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fantastic character within the Marvel universe and this series was brilliant.

Like other 60's Marvel cartoons the animation was rather simplistic but the stories were always entertaining.

Namor was an interesting character. He could probably be best described as an anti-hero. In the comic book, he originally hated the human race for their mistreatment of Earth's oceans; this brought him into conflict with the likes of the Hulk, Fantastic Four and the Avengers. Eventually, he mellowed and became a trusted hero by the other heroes.

This cartoon was great. As I said, Namor was a fantastic character and he had some great adventures in this classic Marvel cartoon.

This cool 60's-style cartoon based on Bill Everett's anti-hero Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner is among my favorites. The animation is limited, but the stories & characterization are Marvelous (pun intended) to view. Namor is ruler of Atlantis but is not without human weaknesses such as arrogance. In the typical Marvel Comics fashion, Namor goes through adventures which are larger than life, but all have lessons that apply to us as regular ole humans. I recommend that if you are viewing this for the first time that you should look at the cartoon as a moving comic book rather than typical animation. You may be disappointed if you are expecting much in the animation department. However the sound effects, voices, narration, still art, backgrounds, scripts, & fun value are off the charts! Oh how I long for a release of the complete set of Marvel Super Heroes on DVD. The opening song is also classic for those who grew up with it.

I wish there were clear copies of Sub-Mariner, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, and Iron Man Series

I was never a fan of the Sub-Mariner and this terrible cartoon does not help.Why are the people of Atlantis blue but Namor is white?That's never addressed in this series.I wonder if it ever has been?Like the rest of these Marvel cartoons, there is no continuity.Sometimes it even seems like they may be written by people who had never seen any previous episodes,except for the fact that almost every plot is the same.Namor always gets distracted and leaves Atlantis and then it gets attacked.One episode starts with Namor sitting in a chair made of shells, introducing himself.There's no one around and he's not looking at the camera.Who is he talking to?Then he says,"Let me tell you the story?".What?How can you start a cartoon like that?Sometimes they even reuse a still a few minutes later.They assumed the fights are so action packed that you won't notice.They were wrong.Weirdly, they were able to make all this craziness very boring.An amazing feat.Never watch this.