Bold Fashion Choices--When Namor Covers Up Too Much!!

Look, I'm usually the first one to suggest that heroes running around near nekkid "put on some damn clothes."

I usually gave Namor a pass--he really pulled off the "nothing but green chain-mail trunks" look.

But Bill Everett himself would play around with different looks for the fish guy in the early days, including this:

Not a hoax, not an illusion, not some formal Atlantean occasion or such. This is what the Sub-Mariner actually wore on his adventures for a few issues.

By the way, we all need to be constantly reminded that Dorma and other "normal" Atlanteans looked as freaky as hell back then:

YOW!! 

Oh, did I mention that Namor's outfit comes with a mask--which he wears for no reason at all?

What the hell...

Dorma wore the same outfit, by the way, so none of this can be put down to Namor's hybrid/mutant status.

Yup, even when he's swimming...

...or driving a golf cart underwater "sea-plane"...

...Namor wears the damned mask.

But he still gets results!

Oh, and don't forget...

DORMA'S EYES CAN SEE INTO YOUR SOUL!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

From Marvel Mystery Comics #14 (1940)