JB wrote: "* When Namorita turned up in the second issue of NAMOR there were complaints from "down the hall". "She belongs to our book!!" All in all, it was like the writer of TEEN TITANS trying to tell the Batman office how to handle Robin -- only in this case, TITANS "won", and the character lost. "

Isn't that pretty much how Jason Todd came about ?

No reason? How about writer's intent?

JB, it never occurred to me that hybrids like Namor and Namora (or Namorita) would be "mules."  Was this something established earlier, or were you the originator of it? 

If this was something already established, I could see the "need" for an explanation.  Overall though, I think it could have simply not been referred to at all and lay forgotten.  I don't mind "fixing" stories that are fun, but this left me more with a strange shock.  Before your run, I never found Nita interesting at all, but really liked her as a supporting character.  This revelation reduced my enthusiasm.  This wasn't a conscious decision - something instinctive.  Perhaps because she was my last "comics crush."

As to the difficulties of genetic comparison of Homo Sapiens and Homo Mermanus...  takes a far better person than I.

If Namor was sterile though, I think it would make Atlantean dynastic politics more interesting.

It wasn't "referred to". Not by me, anyway. Not in the story.

Richard, I'd also like to answer your question in this way:

  I haven't read those Namor issues or those New Warriors issues since they first came out 15(?) years ago, and I remember the Namor stories, but recall almost nothing about the New Warriors stuff. So...darker, lighter, or whatever...one was better.

Yeah, they turned her blue and renamed her Kymaera (sp?) for a while. The explanation was that recent physical (she'd gotten beaten badly and her limbs impaled by Sea Urchin as I recall) and emotional trauma (the whole clone thing) had triggered a physiological response and activated some latent genes causing her to take on a more pure-blood Atlantean appearance as well as making her a bit more volitile, shall we say...

As for "My Mother, Myself" One of my favourite issues of comicdom, ever. Both the writing and art are simply excellent.

I'd vote for WCA next after Namor, especially the "Vision Quest" stuff. Always loved JB's Wanda better than anyone else's and that storyline was a great vehicle for her.