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Dorma (character)

Dormais a character appearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Created by writer and artistBill Everett,the characterfirst appearedinMarvel Comics#1 (October 1939).[1]She debuted when Marvel Comics was known asTimely Comics.Dorma is a native aristocrat of the undersea kingdom ofAtlantis.[2]She initially wasNamor the Sub-Mariner's cousin,[3]and is depicted as his close confidant and childhood friend through several rewrites.[4]Dorma was reintroduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s as Namor's lover and wife-to-be, before her death. She is also known under the codenameLady Dorma.[5]

Dorma
Dorma.
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe(vol. 2) #17 (August 1987).
Art byJohn Buscema.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Comics#1
(October 1939) (full)
Created byBill Everett(writer / artist)
In-story information
Alter egoDorma
SpeciesHomo mermanus
Place of originAtlantis
Team affiliationsSwift Tide
PartnershipsNamorita
Namora
Namor
Fin
Notable aliasesLady Dorma
Abilities
  • Atlantean physiology granting:
    • Superhuman strength, speed, durability
    • Ability to swim at superhuman speed
    • Ability to breathe underwater
    • Immunity to aging

Publication history

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1930s

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Dorma debuted inMarvel Comics#1 (October 1939), the first comic book byTimely Comics,predecessor of Marvel, created byBill Everett.She appeared in the 1950Tales to Astonishseries,[6]the 1961 Fantastic Four series,[7]the 1963Fantastic Four Annualseries, marking her firstSilver Ageappearance, and the 1968Sub-Marinerseries.[8]Dorma was the beloved of Namor, Prince of Atlantis. InSub-Mariner#36 (April 1971), Namor married Dorma — and discovered that the woman that he married was actually his disguised enemyLlyra,who murdered the real Dorma by bringing the water-breathing bride to the surface and causing her to suffocate in the open air.[9]WriterRoy Thomassaid that he decided to do away with Lady Dorma because "he felt that Sub-Mariner should be a lone wolf, and he didn't like the idea of his having such a stable home, aLois Lanesituation. "[10]

2000s

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Dorma appeared in the 2021King in Black: Namorseries.[11][12]

Fictional character biography

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Dorma, daughter of Wa-Than, belongs to the Atlantean nobility.[13]She is the cousin of Namor, heir to the Atlantean throne. Despite her initial hostility against her cousin, she eventually developed love for Namor as an adult.[14]In an effort to win him over, Dorma helped her cousin attack the Cape Anna Lighthouse.[15]She supported him when Atlantis was attacked by Luther Robinson and Lynne Harris, who assaulted their country in revenge, after a series of conflicts between Atlantis and the people of the surface.[16]Dorma also fought alongside Namor against the Nazis.[17]

Later, Dorma and Namor started a relationship, which was interrupted when Atlantis was attacked by a telepath named Paul Destine, who killed several inhabitants, with Namor suffering fromamnesia.[18]Dorma and Namor were subsequently reunited when Namor remembered his true identity.[19]However, after Namor saved the life ofSusan Storm / Invisible Girl,Dorma became jealous.[20]She helpedAttumaattack Atlantis out of vengeance. Namor later forgave her actions.[21]

Dorma was engaged to be married to Namor when she was kidnapped byLlyra,who assumed her identity and tricked Namor into marrying her instead. However, according to Atlantean law, Dorma was now Namor's wife, not Llyra, despite her absence from the wedding ceremony. Furious, Llyra fled to the surface world, followed by an equally enraged Namor. Llyra returned to the imprisoned Dorma and smashed Dorma's water-filled prison.[22]Unable to breathe out of water, Dorma suffocated, but not before she struck down Llyra and saved her husband's life.[23]

Powers and abilities

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Dorma possesses an Atlantean physiology that grants her several abilities. She can breathe underwater and resist extreme water pressures and temperatures.[24]

Other versions

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Civil War: House of M

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An alternate version of Dorma appears in theHouse of Mreality. Lady Dorma appears as the Queen of Atlantis.[25]

Heroes Reborn

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An alternate version of Dorma appears on aduplicate Earththat was the setting of theHeroes Rebornstory arc.[26]Hercounterpartwas the Queen of the Atlanteans. In contrast to the demurely elegant aristocrat on the original Earth, this alternate version of Dorma was a fierce warrior-woman.[27]

In other media

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Television

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References

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