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As theFantastic Fourdiscover a shocking secret of the Marvel Universe , the stock ofNamor ’s iconic"Imperius Rex!“battlecry has eventually been explicate . Marvel ’s new ' Giant - Size ' enterprise is playing out over 2024 , with iconic heroes getting supernumerary - sizing special that describe truly epic adventures , often tot major newfangled twists to Marvel traditional knowledge . In the case ofGiant - Size Fantastic Four , even just the first three pageboy live up to that promise .
In a preview ofGiant - Size Fantastic Four , the team track down a missing submersible . However , rather than the desperate crew , they encounter a formidable Atlantean who wastes no meter in attack . The narration reveals that this being -an ancient Atlantean king name Natlus- is the origin ofNamor the Sub - Mariner ’s iconic battlecryof"Imperius Rex ! "
This seedcase Latin phrasal idiom has been Namor ’s slogan for decades , and is used when the Billie Jean King shoot down into battle represent his undersea land . However , it turn out thatNamor ’s self-praise is a way of compare himself to the legendary Natlus- a figure who just debuted in Marvel canon as an foeman of the Fantastic Four .
Namor first declare " Imperius Rex ! " in Stan Lee and Bill Everett ’s ' Moment of Truth ' , from 1966’sTales to Astonish # 87 .
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Namor’s “Imperius Rex!” Battlecry References an Atlantean Ruler
The Iconic Phrase Is Finally Explained, As Its Namesake Fights the Fantastic Four
Namor has been using"Imperius Rex!“for years , ever since his fatal battle against the warlord Krang ( though later floor retconned the phrase as being used far earlier . ) The idiomatic expression is so inextricable from Namor that it even appear inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever , where Tenoch Huerta plays the half - Atlantean / half - human monarch . An antihero who has little love for the ' airfoil world , ' Namor is the swayer of all knowledge base under the ocean , and the defender of Atlantis . He has a foresightful history of push alongside the Avengers , however recently he was gaol after convey out a serial publication of executions on defiler . Namor was only partly to blamefor his activeness , however his personal honor meant that after assist the Avengers in their United States Department of Defense of the multiverse , he surrendered himself for punishment .
Tony Stark has progress a legacy around design new iterations of his Iron Man armor , and one variation makes him the perfect resister for Namor .
It seems thatGiant - Size Fantastic Fourmay necessitate his exemption , as Natlus effortlessly attacks the Fantastic Four with powerful hydrokinesis . So far , it ’s undecipherable why Natlus has returned - it may be that the submersible unintentionally awoke the legendary shape , or that Namor ’s imprisonment has somehow result in his riposte . However , with Atlantis lacking a swayer and still struggling to reclaim from various acts of destruction , the undersea nation may be uncoerced to embrace Natlus in Namor ’s place .
Almostas powerful as the Hulkand one of Earth ’s great rulers , Namor has been a admirer and enemy to the Fantastic Four and a fundamental penis of the Avengers . However , it work out evenNamorgets his self - image as a conquest ruler from an even more muscular being - one who just set up their sights on theFantastic Four .
Giant - Size Fantastic Four # 1is coming from Marvel Comics February 28 .
