Namor's MCU First Look Secretly Confirms He's As Powerful As Thor
The first look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Namor the Sub-Mariner secretly confirms he’s in the same league as Thor in the MCU. Leaked merchandise for the upcoming Phase 4 movie has piled on to the evidence for the long-circulating rumors of Namor’s impending arrival in the MCU. Not only that, but they also show off the MCU’s interpretation of his iconic comic design.
Marvel still hasn’t confirmed it officially, but it’s hardly a secret anymore that Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta has been tapped to bring The Savage Sub-Mariner to life on the big screen in Ryan Coogler’s eagerly anticipated Black Panther sequel. In Marvel Comics, Namor is a classic anti-hero and a character with an old and bitter rivalry with Black Panther. A tease in Avengers: Endgame hinted at some version of their history being carried over to the MCU, and it’s become increasingly apparent that this is indeed the case for Marvel’s Namor plans. Namor has the potential to lead his own movie, help make up the roster of The Avengers 5, or join a new version of the Defenders, but it seems before any of those things happen, he’ll be a part of Wakanda’s next story first.
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It's hard to say what Marvel has in store for Black Panther 2, but a war between Wakanda and Namor’s people appears to be on the horizon. Interestingly, though, Wakanda’s conflict may not be with Atlantis, per se, but instead with an entirely different civilization. So far, it looks like Marvel is making some substantial changes to Namor’s origin. Here’s what could be, how his MCU look reinforces this theory, and how his design is a sign that Namor is as powerful as Thor in the MCU.
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