Sub-Mariner #53

Namor the Sub-Mariner faces his most desperate hour in this September 1972 Marvel thriller, as the cover by Sal Buscema and Frank Giacoia thrusts him into furious combat alongside the flame-powered Sunfire against the menacing Dragon-Lord — a villain threatening to throw a switch and take the whole world down with him. The cover crackles with urgency: Namor lunges forward with a raised fist, Sunfire darts through the chaos in his distinctive red-and-white costume, while the desperate Dragon-Lord clutches his deadly control panel amid a shower of debris. Bill Everett — the creator of Namor himself — handles the full writing, art, and inking duties inside, making this a genuinely special chapter in the Sub-Mariner's early-1970s adventures.