Namorita

Namorita Prentiss
Namorita on the cover of The New Warriors #65
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sub-Mariner #50 (June 1972)
Created by	Bill Everett (writer / artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Namorita "Nita" Prentiss
Species	Atlantean/Human hybrid mutant
Place of origin	Atlantis
Team affiliations	Water Children New Warriors Defenders Secret Defenders SURF Soldiers of Misfortune Atlantean Council of Three Fantastic Four
Partnerships	Namor Namora Fin
Notable aliases	Kymaera, Hard
Abilities	Aquatic adaptation Superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, and durability High speed swimming Ankle wing-granted flight Paralyzing/acidic touch Can become transparent

Namorita Prentiss is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a mutant clone of her mother, Namora, and a member of the New Warriors. She was killed in the explosion in Stamford that started the Superhero Civil War. She was later restored to life.

Namorita first appeared in Sub-Mariner #50 (June 1972), created by Bill Everett. She mostly served as a supporting character for Namor until she was cast as a founding member of the New Warriors in 1989. She played a prominent role in the first three volumes of the team's book, and has appeared several times in the solo comics of her Warriors teammate and sometimes-romantic interest Nova.

Namorita's mother, Namora, was the first cousin of Namor, and, like Namor, was a hybrid with superhuman strength and the power of flight by using the ankle wings on her feet. Unlike Namor, her mother was human and her father Atlantean.

Namora's sterility created tension with her husband Talan. Upon meeting Vyrra, an Atlantean scientist who had been exiled for practicing the forbidden science of cloning, she requested that he make a clone of her to which she could give birth.

After the clone Namorita was born, Talan was killed by an atomic explosion. Consequently, Namora raised the child in Lemuria. Namora met her (presumed) death at the hands of Llyra, her rival for the affections of a Lemurian prince. Namora did not reveal to her daughter that she was a clone before her death.

Llyra and Byrrah, another cousin of Namor, decided to deploy Namorita in a plot against Namor, threatening that they would destroy Namora's seemingly dead (but actually only frozen) body if she did not lure Namor into a trap. In her first encounter with Namor since reaching adolescence, she was captured by Byrrah, but rescued by Namor. Namor and Namorita would eventually unite to defeat Llyra and Byrrah. She revealed her past to Namor, and developed an infatuation with Namor, and convinced Namor to let Byrrah go free. She first visited New York City. Namor introduced the girl to his long-time friend Betty Dean Prentiss, whom Namorita would eventually consider a guardian and second mother — she went by the Prentiss name while in the surface world. (Betty Prentiss would eventually be killed by Dr. Lemuel Dorcas, Namor's enemy.)