Nay Peterson tells Captain America and the Human Torch about
the Sub-Mariner’s long history with her family: After the War, Namor couldn’t
adjust to life on the surface or life underwater, the only safe place he found
was the Petersons’ home on the Maine coast. Eventually the duty of Atlantis
called him back and he left. Many years later, when Nay was an adult and
pregnant, an amnesiac Namor found his way back to them; his memories slowly
returned and he helped raise Nay’s son Roman. But then Charles Xavier arrived;
he told Namor he had been searching for mutants like himself and Namor was the
first one he found. He soon persuaded Namor to help him in his search, though Nay’s
father Randall didn’t trust the arrogant visitor….
Namor and Xavier searched the world for mutants, following
up clues from the news and rumors (a clawed fellow in the Canadian woods hid
from them). Namor was going increasingly short-tempered at the lack of success
in their mission. Then in the town of Stony Plain, they were looking into reports
of people acting like cats and dogs. There was a mutant named Tim Rhodes who
could alter the species of any living creature. Xavier saw this as a way to turn
humans into mutants; Namor thought it more likely that the government would use
him to turn mutants into humans. While they are bickering, the police shoot and
kill Tim Rhodes. Namor turns on them but suffers a breakdown. Xavier enters his
head and discovers Namor’s pain over what happened to Tommy Machan; Xavier converts
Tommy’s memory into a presence in Namor’s mind as an ongoing therapist. Eventually
Namor wandered the world, was discovered by Johnny Storm (FF #4), restored to
health, returned to the Petersons and now Nay is worried that Namor is planning
something bad….
At the military base, Winter Soldier discovers the weapons
components Namor is seeking, but the scientist Anna shoot shim in the back of
the head with his own gun. She then contacts her true leader, Roman Peterson,
who is planning with the Navy to destroy Atlantis….