He-Man #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis is an anthology issue containing multiple adventure stories. "Escape to Eternity" follows Joe Tucker, a World War I pilot with early flying experience, who is offered a job by a mysterious employer and becomes involved in a plot to reach the top of the world by going down six feet, discovering that a woman named Knut is attempting to reach the North Pole through an underground passage. The story involves romantic complications between the woman, Joe, and another man named Van Brunt, as well as conflict with nomadic forces who capture some of the expedition members. Additional stories in the issue include an underwater adventure titled "Thrill to Horror Harbor" (as indicated on the cover), along with other real-life adventure narratives.
A sponge diver discovers a thriving bed in the shark-infested Gulf of Mexico, but tragedy strikes when his companion is killed by the predators—forcing him to return to Tarpon Springs with dangerous knowledge and a grieving crew. When the young son of a bereaved captain volunteers to retrieve the treasure, he unknowingly sails toward treachery, as men who learned of the discovery plot to eliminate him and claim the fortune for themselves. With only a seasoned captain's shark-repellent and spear-gun between him and danger, the boy must navigate both the ocean's deadly hunters and the greed of those aboard his own vessel.
Joe Tucker, a burned-out pilot with nothing left to lose, accepts ten grand from a small-time crook to fly a mysterious passenger out of the country—a job that seems straightforward until his cargo's companion reveals the truth about who he's really helping escape. As Joe grapples with whether to believe her warning or dismiss it as manipulation, he finds himself caught between cynicism and conscience with a Red spy's rendezvous closing in fast.
An archaeological expedition led by the world-renowned Professor Van Brunt races to unearth the legendary Seven Gods of Khastani—seven golden idols buried in Mesopotamia since ancient times—but desert nomads led by Nisibi have their own plans for the treasure. When romance and betrayal threaten to unravel the dig, Van Brunt must navigate enemies both in the sand and within his own camp to claim the greatest find in archeological history.
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Reprinted in Fantastic Adventures #10 (1963)
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