What’s Next for Tenoch Huerta’s Namor After Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?

Early in the original Fantastic Four run, Doom and Namor teamed up and it did not work out. In the 70s, the two started to become frenemies and starred in their own comic series called Super-Villain Team-Up. It mainly dealt with Doom understanding that he needed an ally to help him rule the world and that Namor was the perfect partner. In the end, Doom respectfully acknowledged that he and Namor were different kinds of leaders and moved on while allowing Namor to continue ruling his own kingdom.

In the decades that followed, the pair would regularly team up. Even with the countless betrayals and fighting between the two, Namor is depicted as one of the closest things Doom has to a friend. As we’re hoping the MCU adaptation of Doctor Doom hits the right buttons, the Namor/Doom bromance seems like a must. Even if it only lasts until Doom threatens to kill Sue Storm.

War for Talokan

As Whiplash said back in Iron Man 2, “If you could make God bleed, people cease to believe in Him.” At the end of Wakanda Forever, Namor’s subordinate Namora (his cousin in the comics) is uncomfortable with his defeat. While his underwater people still follow him, Namor will never truly be the same in their eyes. He is not all-powerful. He is flawed. He can bleed.

In the comics, Namor’s kingdom is Atlantis, which they changed for the movie presumably to distance themselves from Aquaman and because the whole Mayan aesthetic rules so very, very much. It’s an interesting choice that Attuma is depicted as one of Namor’s top men as in the comics, Attuma is one of Namor’s greatest rivals. A ruler of an aquatic barbarian horde, Attuma has repeatedly butted heads with Namor and has usurped his throne a couple of times.

The point I’m getting to is that the more Namor dips his toes into the MCU, the more likely somebody will try mutiny. Perhaps Attuma decides that Namor is not fit to rule. In the comics, Namor’s top general Krang has a tendency to try and stab him in the back and take over. An MCU version of Krang trying to oppose Namor does not sound too far-fetched.

Oracle Incorporated

A more obscure status quo with Namor is his early 90s run as a corporate leader. Having realized a biological reason for his mental unbalance, Namor chilled out a bit and decided to protect the seas in a different way. Keep in mind, one of the main reasons Namor was annoyed with the surface world was man’s tendency to pollute the oceans. Namor decided to play man’s own game to prevent such a thing. Building up his fortune from various undersea treasures, Namor started his own corporation called Oracle Incorporated. Not only did it attempt to keep other corporations in check, but it also funded the Heroes for Hire for a bit.