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Marvel Studios’ Phase 4 closing film,Black Panther: Wakanda Forevernow welcomes Tenoch Huerta’s Namor the Sub-Mariner. And as grand as his name sounds, his role in the film is even more so. The arrival of Namor was announced with the trailer’s featured first look at the Atlantean prince. He was one of the first and most powerful comic characters to have come into existence, the first known anti-hero, and also the first comic character to be imbued with the ability of flight. And now that he has arrived in the MCU, the outside noise is enough to announce the power that he heralds.
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The Origin of Namor the Sub-Mariner in Marvel
Named Namor McKenzie, the human-Atlantean hybrid was born out of the tragic union between Leonard McKenzie, a human sea-captain and explorer, and Fen, an Atlantean princess. The character, created by Bill Everett, first appeared in Timely Comics, the predecessor of Marvel Comics in October 1939, in the issue titledMarvel Comics #1.His powers include aquatic telepathy, accelerated healing, the ability to mimic the powers of undersea creatures (like shooting electric bolts by channeling an electric eel), superhuman speed, hydrokinesis, echolocation, and durability.
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Among all his incredible, overpowered, and impressive abilities and accomplishments, Namor, also known as the ‘Avenging Son’ stands out more due to his frequent battle against the surface-dwellers for the perceived transgressions against the marine world and its people, an idea that people have only recently become increasingly aware and vocal about due to climate change. Of all the achievements, however, the MCU arrival of Namor becomes even more enthralling for the audience due to his dominating cultural appearance through the presence ofTenoch Huerta.
In his first role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, both Tenoch and his character, Namor, make a debut inBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreverwhen he rises out of his world and declares war against the surface. The actor has also been very vocal about representation earlier during Marvel’s Comic-Con featurette ofBlack Panther 2and his message had been widely praised and applauded. Recently, the cover ofEmpirehas featuredAngela Bassett,Letitia Wright, and Tenoch Huerta in their Wakandan garb, and the most striking of all has been Huerta’s representation of the Mexican culture in his appearance as Namor.
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Online Squabble Breaks Out Over Tenoch Huerta’s Namor
As November draws near, the press and print both increasingly engage with Marvel’s much-anticipated blockbuster,Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.The film has been elevated even more in mass opinion due to the tragic passing ofChadwick Boseman. As a tribute and a remembrance of the actor who heralded the first Black superhero in the MCU along with his incredibly successful solo film, the crowd has been watching every MCU move with microscopic clarity.
In a new development, however, the Mexican representation of Namor is what caught the public eye. Social media now becomes increasingly divided between those who love the representation and those who are claiming Marvel’s offensive ‘brown washing’ of the comic character.
YES WE MEXICANS WON#BlackPantherWakandaForever#Namorpic.twitter.com/kihJ85ljv3
— Fietro Maximoff (@fietro_maximoff)August 22, 2025
Stay mad as hell!!! We keep winningpic.twitter.com/fQi3LLjSV8
— Fietro Maximoff (@fietro_maximoff)June 07, 2025
This man is just so fine 😩 this movie has too many hot people 😂
— Boop (@HowdyHowdy18)June 25, 2025
— Elizabeth Johnson (@Elizabe02733271)August 12, 2025
He looks like Namor. I think that’s coolest thing – if you showed me a picture of this guy and said “he’s playing a character in the MCU,” I’d know in a heartbeat it was Namor. Damn. So excited to have this dude on the big screen at last.
— Kevin Woodside (@ClassicWoodside)June 17, 2025
https://twitter.com/SuperToxin_/status/1573501518900248577
He looks incredible. Happy to see Him in the mcu. Can’t wait. Wish he could go up against T’Challa#Namor#BlackPantherWakandaForever#RecastTChalla
— MadMax_1223 (@TwinRaw17)July 23, 2025
The plot so far reveals the arrival of Namor to declare war on the surface world and Queen Ramonda, Shuri, Nakia, Okoye, M’Baku, and the Dora Milaje fighting to protect their nation, mourning the death of their king and leader, T’Challa, all the while facing global politics and forging a new path for Wakanda.
Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverpremieres on 29 July 2025.
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Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
