There's been a sudden trend in New York of people jumping into the water--and disappearing!!
Sounds like a job for...Namor, The Sub-Mariner!!
And what does old Fishhead find?
People attacked by sharks...on dry land?!
Sharks teaming up to attack boats?!?
Mysterious strangers making mysteriously gloating comments?!?
Yeah, Namor was a dickweed even back in the day.
Well, he sets up a stakeout on the beach, and...
Exposition time:
That makes perfect sense to me!!
Now, for something you don't see every day:
A great white shark committing suicide!
(For the record, this story was pre-Code. But it was reprinted, 100% intact, in Giant-Size Defenders #2 (1974), where I first read it. It scared the crap outta young snell, I must say...)
Anyway, now that Namor knows the deal, he has a plan:
And so...
Sufferin' shad!!
Well, of course, it's obvious what happened. Some of these super-intelligent space-sharks escaped, and went on to menace teenagers, innocent boaters, and waterparks on motion-picture screens throughout the 70s and 80s.
Plus, it would explain Jabberjaw...
From Young Men #25 (1954)
2 comments:
Wow, that's pre-code art?
Oh Namor...you are such a jerk, and yet so oddly fabulous.
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