Featuring: Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Release: December 8, 1966
Cover: March 1967
12 cents
Story by Smilin’ Stan Lee
Art by Wild Bill Everett
Lettering by Adorable Art Simek
12 pages
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I? I am Prince of the Realm! I am Atlantis! Thus, here do I stand!
Recall that passing aliens accidentally dropped a robot on Earth, which landed in the ocean. Attuma has taken control and turned it into a weapon against the Sub-Mariner. I think that’s literally all that happened last issue.
This issue Namor actually fights the robot.
My life belongs to the people– to the Realm Eternal! I do what I must– I cannot do less!
Namor summons sharks, octopi, and a whale to the fight.
Namor surmised the robot was alien, and that if they projected its image to the skies, the masters would return.
He knew Earth could not create a robot like this even though Earth has created robots such as Ultimo, Defender, Living Brain, Dreadnaught, Human Torch, Super-Adaptoid… and, well, lots more… Even surgeon Don Blake once made a robot for fun. But surely Earth could not have created this one.
Rating: ★★½, 49/100
Significance: ★★★☆☆
Characters:
- Attuma
- Servo-Robot
- Namor
- Lord Vashti
- Lady Dorma
Story notes:
- Under Attuma’s control, Servo-Robot invades Atlantis.
- Servo-Robot can turn himself white hot and melt through thick steel. Disentegrating beams fire from eyes.
- Namor orders the Palace Guard to stop fighting the robot and aid in the evacuation.
- Namor says the robot may not enter the city, but it appears to already be in the city.
- Namor commands sharks to attack the robots.
- Dorma was ordered to flee with Vashti, but did not.
- Namor sends Dorma to retrieve the projecto-camera.
- Namor has a whale eat the robot. But the robot breaks free.
- The battle ends when the aliens return for their robot.
- Attuma flees.
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