Warning: spoilers for Namor: Conquered Shores #2!As a human/Atlantean hybird with mutant powers, Namor is a wildly powerful hero, possessing everything from slow aging to flight to a Wolverine-style healing factor. However, there's one ability possessed by his oldest ally that the Avenging Son believes is in the A-tier of abilities.
In a potential near-future of the Marvel Universe, the Kree launch an all-out attack on Earth and poison the air. In order to battle this alien threat, a large portion of Earth's superhero community heads to space to fight them. A lot of them end up dying in the process, and the Earth's surface is left as a dying wasteland. Under the surface, however, things have never been better. Namor and his underwater community are thriving as they view themselves separate from the surface and try to intervene as little as possible.
Since he still views himself as having some connection to the surface, Namor tries to help them from time to time, as seen in Namor: Conquered Shores #2 by Christopher Cantwell and Pasqual Ferry. While on the surface, Namor looks to the sky and sees the original Human Torch, Jim Hammond, flying around. Along with Captain America and Luke Cage, Namor and the heroes deduce that they can use the Human Torch to try to help humans live underwater. When Luke Cage questions how the Human Torch could still be around after all this time, Namor points out that Jim Hammond is an immortal android, but that despite all his power and his place as one of the oldest Marvel heroes, everyone always seems to forget him.
Namor Wishes He Could Be Forgotten
This might seem like a strange thing to say, but Namor and the Human Torch have a very long and complicated history. Even though they have fought alongside each other as allies, the two of them have clashed on numerous occasions. Namor and the Human Torch both debuted in 1939's Marvel Comics #1, fighting through WWII and finding new lives in the modern day. Both have been through a great deal, but while the Human Torch is an adventurer, Namor is a king who has carried that immense responsibility for decades. Namor has often attack the surface world and even the Avengers out of duty, so it makes sense that part of him simply wishes to be forgotten by others and to fly free.
Once the Fantastic Four arrived on the scene, Johnny Storm claimed the mantle of the new Human Torch and became iconic in the role. This left Jim Hammond largely forgotten, reappearing infrequently in largely self-contained adventures, or to aid fellow heroes on one-off missions. As someone who often wants to be left alone and not have to deal with the larger drama of the superhero community, it makes sense that Namor would look fondly upon the Human Torch's ability to be forgotten, even as he understands on the deepest level that Jim has never been given the credit his heroism demands. In a fallen world where Namor feels the call of his responsibilities more keenly than ever, it seems that the one power he'd really like is to simply exist as a man rather than as a hero and king.
Namor: Conquered Shores #2 is available now from by Marvel Comics.