Russkie Smashers SUB-MARINER "Unseen Scourge of the Sea"

Artist Bob Powell Illustrated Two Prince Namor Stories...

...during the 1950s revival of the Timely's Top Trio (Captain America, The Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner)!

However, despite having done several Subby stories during the Golden Age, Powell's renderings here lack something...

Figure out what's wrong with Bob Powell's version of Namor from Atlas' Mens' Adventures #27 (1954)?

He's totally-missing his ankle wings!

And his ears appear to have been "bobbed" from their usual elfen points!

Why?

I'm not sure.

There are rumors from the period of a potential live-action TV series, and doing both the ankle wings and the ears on a weekly basis (especially with a character who spends a lot of time in the water) was problematic considering the limited makeup SFX available at the time.

At any rate, only Powell's two stories from the period have this quirky "look"!

Russkie-Smashers SUB-MARINER "and the Secret Tunnel!"

While Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner is easily one of the most powerful Timely/Atlas/Marvel heroes...

...he ain't one of the brightest...or is he???

Written and illustrated by Subby's creator, Bill Everett, this tale from Atlas' Sub-Mariner Comics #40 (1955) was a classic example of the tricksters themselves being tricked!

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Russkie-Smashers SUB-MARINER (and Namora) "Unseen Invaders"

Let's celebrate the New Year enthusiastically with even MORE Russkie-Smashing...

...featuring Marvel's (retroactively) first mutant, Prince Namor and his cousin, Namora!

Written and illustrated by Subby's creator, Bill Everett, this tale from Atlas' Sub-Mariner V1N37 (1954) shows that, while Namor is as anti-Russkie as he was anti-Axis in World War II, Americans still don't trust him!

Marvel Multiverse note: the aliens resemble the Badoon, officially-introduced in Marvel's Silver Surfer #2 (1968)...who also used invisibility and flying saucers!
Bill Everett brought the Badoon into his final run on Subby in the 1970s...as allies of Namor's evil cousin Prince Byrrah!

Coincidence?

I think not!

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Russkie-Smashers SUB-MARINER "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"

Despite the fact the US government tended to blame him for Russkie actions as shown HERE...

...Prince Namor kept trying to show he was one of the "good guys"!

Namor's creator, Bill Everett, wrote and illustrated this tale from Atlas' Sub-Mariner #33 (1954) which shows the Avenging Son at his snarky best!
Next week, we return to our rotating cast of Russkie-smashers, and you'll have to be here to see who it is!

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Russkie-Smashers MEN'S ADVENTURES "Sub-Mariner (and Namora) in 'Killer Whales' "

Time, once again, to kick Commie butt...

...with the super-powered guy who hates all surface men...but especially Russkies!

And you wonder why he's an "anti-hero"?

Namor's creator, Bill Everett, wrote and illustrated this tale from Atlas' Men's Adventure #28 (1954) which shows Americans make mistakes, too!

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Russkie-Smashers YOUNG MEN COMICS "Sub-Mariner (and Namora) in 'Pirates vs Pirates' "

 Even we make mistakes!

Last week's story wasn't Prince Namor's first Russkie-Smashing adventure!

This was!

When you look at the first couple of pages, it's easy to not realize this tale from Atlas' Young Men Comics #27 (1954), penciled and inked by Bill Everett (with a layout assist by Bob Powell), involves Russkies, so our inadvertent mistake is understandable.

Tomorrow:

Before Black Panther: Wakanda Forever...

Namora and the Mayans
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(Note: the Young Men Comics and other 1950s tales were actually post-Golden Age, and were technically Atlas Comics stories, as shown in the Marvel Masterworks: Atlas-Era Heroes reprints of those same stories!)