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Revelation34 posted...

I remember the comic crossover where Aquaman defeated Namor by crushing him with a whale.

Which was arguably incredibly stupid, because they're both insanely strong and tough. And even aside from the fact that getting hit by a whale shouldn't have phased either of them (the biggest whale weighs about 200 tons, but Namor's literally fought the Hulk and Thor, while Aquaman held his own against Hercules, and both have lifted ships that weighed WAAAY more than that), Aquaman's ability to talk to fish (the one thing he really has over Namor) doesn't really magically allow him to get said fish to fling itself into the air with crushing force.

But if I'm remembering right, that crossover was the Marvel vs DC one, where most of the fights were determined by fan votes, so the entire thing was kind of farcical anyway. Like Wolverine (who was pretty much the most popular character ever at the time) beating Lobo in spite of that pretty much being impossible canonically.



Metalsonic66 posted...

Namor is cooler than Aquaman.

I don't disagree!

But Namor's rights were so tied up with Universal even outside of the Fox X-Men deal, that it was kind of impossible for them to ever do anything with him. And since Aquaman has always been the more well-known character to casual audiences (and got his movie out first), it feels like any attempt at a Namor movie for the next few decades is just going to get people complaining about how he's a copy of Aquaman.

I feel like he's the sort of character they might have to use as an antagonist in a Disney+ TV show or something, where he can sort of establish the "he's a jerk, but still kind of a good guy" tone, and maybe help pump up his popularity before they could push him into the full MCU.
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