Before "detente" occured in the mid-1970s...
...the Russkies were reliable baddies in fiction, as this never-reprinted comics tale, derived from a short-lived TV series in 1971-72, demonstrates!
Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Joe Staton, this tale from Charlton's Primus #7 (1972) was one of two tales in the same issue with Russkies as the bad guys!
(The other story involved a plan to have an impersonator replace President Nixon!)
The syndicated TV series detailed the adventures of Carter Primus (Robert Brown), scuba-diving scientist-adventurer dealing with everything from eco-terrorists to drug-runners to Russkie spies!
Because it ran during the Family Hour (7-8pm) it was limited as to how much violence it could show.
As a result, it wasn't even as action-packed as it's 1960s predecessor Sea Hunt, starring Lloyd Bridges!
So, unlike Sea Hunt, which ran for 155 episodes, Primus sank without a trace after only 26 shows.
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