Kamuu - Pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis

Pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis

Kamuu
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Sub-Mariner #62 (Feb 1973)
Created by Steve Gerber and Howard Chaykin

King Kamuu was the last emperor of the pre-cataclysmic continent of Atlantis, and husband of Zartra, about 21,000 years ago.

Kamuu banished the sorceress Zhered-Na from Atlantis for prophesying that the content would sink below the ocean. She started her own cult, which included her favored disciple Dakimh.

In releasing flaming magma from beneath Atlantis to defeat the invading forces of Mu and Lemuria, Kamuu unwittingly caused Atlantis to be affected by the nuclear cataclysm through which the Celestials were simultaneously sinking Lemuria, home of the Deviants, on the other side of the world. Kamuu died in the sinking of Atlantis caused by the "Great Cataclysm."

Thousands of years later, the spirit of Kamuu visited Namor, modern-day heir to the throne of Atlantis, in his dreams. Kamuu revealed that Morgan le Fay, who Namor was fighting against, was descended from people whose islands had survived the Great Cataclysm. Kamuu warned Namor that Morgan Le Fay sought to raise Atlantis, giving Namor the knowledge to stop her.

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