Fin (character)

Stories about the first Fin initially appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #7-8, (April 1941, Jan.1942) and, in issue #9 (April 1942) as well after the title's name change to Comedy Comics; The Fin was created by Bill Everett.{{cite book |last1=Benton |first1=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/superherocomicso0000bent/page/160 |title=Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History |date=1992 |publisher=Taylor Publishing Company |isbn=0-87833-808-X |location=Dallas |page=160 |access-date=April 8, 2020}} Decades later, Rick Jones summons a simulacrum of the Fin, along with the Blazing Skull, the Patriot, and the Golden Age Angel and Vision, to aid the Avengers in The Avengers #97 (March 1972). In 2004, the Fin was revived by Marvel Comics and appeared as one of the allies of the Invaders in that team's series The New Invaders #2-3 (Nov.-Dec. 2004), #6 (March 2005), and #8-9 (May–June 2005). He was in the (unfinished) miniseries All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes as a member of the Crazy Sues, a unit of Allied men with special abilities during World War II.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The Fin received an entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Golden Age (2004).

{{Infobox comics character

|image=Fin-comics.jpg

|caption=The Fin makes his first appearance (upper left). From Daring Mystery Comics #7

|character_name=The Fin

|real_name=Peter Noble

|publisher=Marvel Comics

|debut=Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941)

|creators= Bill Everett (writer / artist)

|alliances=United States Navy
Invaders
Initiative

|partners = Namor
Namora
Namorita

|aliases=

|powers=Superhuman strength and speed
Underwater adaptation
Wields magical cutlass that can cut through nearly anything and stops aging process

}}

Peter Noble was an officer of the United States Navy who was caught in a sinking submarine and was shocked to find that the immense pressure and lack of air did not kill him.{{cite book |last1=Nevins |first1=Jess |title=Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes |date=2013 |publisher=High Rock Press |isbn=978-1-61318-023-5 |page=99}} He discovered an undersea civilization called Neptunia, and after several adventures on and under the sea he was made the Neptunians' ruler.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kurt |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944 |last2=Thomas |first2=Roy |author-link2=Roy Thomas |date=2019 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490892 |page=67}}

At some unknown point he met, fell in love with and married Nia Noble, who became his Queen and co-ruler. Half a century later, he was called back to America and recalled to active duty as an admiral in command of a new vessel, the Infiltrator.The Invaders (vol. 3) #2 (April 2019) This ship was no ordinary battleship; it had been designed by Bruce Dickson, the Thin Man, using technology from an advanced civilization. Infiltrator was capable of taking shortcuts through space, in theory making it undetectable and uncatchable. Noble and his wife came aboard and ran the ship's day-to-day operations, with the vessel acting as a base for the New Invaders team of superhuman operatives in their battle against the Neo-Nazi group Axis Mundi. In the end, the vessel was destroyed and the Invaders members went their separate ways. Admiral Noble once again returned to Neptunia with his bride to take up his duties as ruler.

The second Fin is a character originally from the 1990s series Silver Sable and the Wild Pack.Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #11 (April 1993) Although he initially disputed the name Fin when pressed to reveal his real identity by fellow Intruder Sandman, he begrudgingly accepted the moniker others had given him.Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #20 (January 1994)

He is later seen as a member of the Garrison, the Vermont Fifty State Initiative superhero team, joined by fellow Intruders and Wild Pack alumni Man-Eater.The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5 (October 2008)Penance: Relentless #3 (November 2007)

The first Fin has twenty times normal human strength and is able to survive the crushing pressures of the ocean's depths. He can breathe air or water, and can swim as fast as a torpedo. However, if not immersed in water, his strength gradually weakens. The Fin is armed with a magical cutlass, able to cut through nearly anything. The cutlass's magic also prevents him from aging.

The second Fin has uncharted superhuman strength as well as the ability to send out a signal toward any object one hundred times a second, possibly a form of sonar, used for echolocation.

In the Ultimate Marvel reality (Earth-1610), Fin is an amphibious villain and a member of the Serpent Skulls gang.All-New Ultimates #1 (April 2014)

{{reflist}}

• {{Marvelwiki|Fin}}
• Fin (Peter Noble) at Marvel Wiki
• Fin (Wild Pack) at Marvel Wiki
• [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/thefin.htm The Fin profile]

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