Gorgo #21
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Nation Beneath the Sea," Gorgo stumbles upon a hidden Soviet underwater base, sparking a tense standoff when he destroys several submarines and later takes a nuclear ICBM as a toy—only to accidentally detonate it on shore. The resulting chaos alerts both American and Soviet forces, but before conflict erupts, Gorgo intervenes, hiding all the nuclear missiles in a deep chasm like a dog with a prized bone. The act forces the two superpowers to pause and, surprisingly, discuss their shared efforts in underwater farming to feed the world’s hungry. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Bill Montes with inks by Ernie Bache, this 1964 Charlton classic features a cover by Dick Giordano.
In "The Nation Beneath the Sea," Gorgo stumbles upon a hidden Soviet base deep in the ocean, sparking a tense standoff between Cold War powers. After a violent clash, he seizes their nuclear arsenal and buries it in a remote chasm—forcing the Americans and Soviets to confront each other not with weapons, but with the shared goal of underwater farming to feed the world.
"Mountains of Fire" explores the raw power of nature through chilling accounts of history’s most devastating volcanic eruptions—from the ash-buried ruins of Pompeii to the cataclysmic explosion of Krakatoa and the deadly fury of Mount Pelee—revealing how these forces have shaped landscapes and lives alike. Typeset letters deliver the stark, factual tone of a 1964 non-fiction piece, grounding readers in real events with quiet, unflinching clarity.
In "The Wrong Button," Martin and his assistant Nina test a revolutionary time-acceleration drive that lets them traverse space in minutes while centuries pass outside. When their journey to Venus goes awry, a malfunction sends them millions of years into Earth’s past—stranded among dinosaurs after their ship is destroyed by a Tyrannosaurus.
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