BLUE DIVER

Classification: Human technology

Creator: Unknown

User/Possessors: Captain Rogall and her crew

Enemies: Unnamed corporation, Darkstar crew (Captain Paine, Lt. Sanchez, and more)

Aliases: Deep Diver

First Appearance: Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4 (early March, 1994)

Powers/Abilities/Functions: It had the normal abilities of a submarine plus an internal photographic system.

History:

(Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4) - The Blue Diver was a submarine used by a group of eco-warriors to patrol the sea in search of environmental crimes. Once a year it passed the canyons near Atlantis in the Antarctic Ocean and Namor watched over it. One year the Blue Diver found barrels of radioactive waste on the ground of the Antarctic Ocean; while taking photos of these they were rammed by the Darkstar, a Typhoon Class Submarine. The Darkstar fired torpedoes at the Blue Diver and Namor tried to save it, but he was not fast enough and the Blue Diver was buried under an avalanche of rubble. Namor didn't give up and got the Blue Diver out from beneath the debris and brought it and its crew up to the surface again.

Comments: Created by John Figueroa, Phil Hugh Felix & Fred Fredericks

Funny! On the cover inside they called the submarine the Deep Diver, but in the story it was called the Blue Diver. I just added it as an alias.

It was never mentioned in the story which corporation was behind the Darkstar, but it could've been Roxxon.

The Darkstar wasn't damaged, but it probably was confiscated by the United States Coast Guard after they failed to destroy the Blue Diver.

Profile by Markus Raymond

Clarifications:

The Blue Diver has no known connection to

• Dive-Bomber, a Brood Mutant @ Uncanny X-Men#231
• any blue characters, divers or submarines of any kind

Captain Rogall has no known connection to

• any other Captain or people with the name Rogall

The Darkstar has no known connection to

• Darkstar, aka. Laynia Petrovna the Russian super-heroine @ Champions#7
• Darkstar 2099 of Earth-Amalgam @ Spider-Boy TU#1
• any other dark or star character

Captain Paine has no known connection to

• Pain, aka. Eugene Stone an agent of Gormac @ Marvel Comics Presents I#102
• Pain, a member of Gene Nation @ Storm#3
• Pain, a member of the Hand @ Elektra II#18
• Pain Beast, a mystic being @ Solo Avengers#19
• Pain-Broker, aka. Razorhead an X-Statix foe @ X-Statix#5
• Paine, an agent of Kingpin @ Amazing Spider-Man I #153
• any other Captain or pain character

Lt. Sanchez has no known connection to

• Sanchez, Dr. Bonita, a Spider-Man character @ Amazing Spider-Man I#386
• any other Sanchez character

Captain Rogall

She was the Captain of the Blue Diver and an eco-warrior. Namor saved her along the other crewmembers and the Blue Diver from beneath the tons of debris.

--Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4

Darkstar

The Darkstar was a Typhoon Class Submarine bought from a former Soviet republic by an unnamed corporation to destroy the Blue Diver without leaving a track to themselves.

--Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4

Captain Paine

He was the Captain of the Darkstar and a very smart tactician. First he ordered the dumping of radioactive waste on the ground of the Antarctic Ocean to lure the Blue Diver there, then he nearly rammed it and shot two torpedoes at it. The torpedoes hit the wall of a canyon and the Blue Diver was buried. Paine ordered more radioactive waste dumped to fake a core breach when Namor appeared. The plan worked again and Namor helped to protect the sea from an environmental disaster. Paine then ordered the firing of more torpedoes at the canyon to bury Namor and the Blue Diver once and for all. He was really surprised when he came to the surface with the Darkstar to be welcomed by Namor together with the arriving United States Coast Guard.

--Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4

Lt. Sanchez

Sanchez seemed to be the first in command after Captain Paine. He wasn't so sure about the plans of Paine who got angry at him more than once. In the end he always took the orders of Paine and obeyed them. He was afraid of Namor when he saw how big he was and when he came to the surface again he couldn't believe that Namor was already there after being buried beneath tons of rubble. Sanchez immediately raised his hands to surrender when he left the Darkstar.

--Marvel Comics Presents I#149/4

images:

Blue Diver: Marvel Comics Presents I#149, barcode side, p9, pan1

Captain Rogall head shot: Marvel Comics Presents I#149, barcode side, p10, pan3

Darkstar: Marvel Comics Presents I#149, barcode side, p12, pan4

Captain Paine head shot: Marvel Comics Presents I#149, barcode side, p26, pan5

Lt. Sanchez head shot: Marvel Comics Presents I#149, barcode side, p15, pan1

Appearances:
Marvel Comics Presents I#149 (March, 1994) - John Figueroa (writer), Phil Hugh Felix (pencils), Fred Fredericks (inks), Richard Ashford (editor)

Last updated: 06/23/04

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