Submarine Attack #18

Sep 1959 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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U-boat captains under fire from Allied destroyers coordinate their attack on a sailing vessel. Captain Steve Hulas receives a barbershop whistle signal from a gull and later encounters two destroyers approaching their position. The crew survives the initial assault, and after regrouping in Boston Harbor, the captain meets with an admiral to commission more patrol vessels. In a subsequent mission 400 miles northeast of Rabaul, the submarine crew detects a Japanese Zero fighter and engages in combat on the surface. The final sequence reveals that one of the U-boat crew members is actually a German spy named Hans Hunscheon, a Nazi operative who had previously met with an American in Washington at the German embassy, prompting concerns about espionage within the vessel.

Contains 3 stories

The Nantucket Ghost

8 pp

When a German U-boat sinks the American fishing vessel Daisy Anne in 1942, Captain Steve Hulas survives with a bold idea: outfit an old wooden sailing ship with modern weaponry to hunt submarines undetected. Commissioned by the Navy and commanding the refitted schooner Gull, Hulas puts his crew to the test as they patrol the Atlantic—and soon find themselves facing down an entire wolf pack of enemy submarines in the fog off Nantucket.

Mission to Rabaul

9 pp

Commander Eckles and the crew of the Muskie return from a grueling 81-day patrol—damaged, exhausted, and stripped of ammunition—only to be rushed back to sea within days on what should be a simple rescue and reconnaissance mission near Rabaul. When they penetrate the heavily defended harbor itself, the crew finds themselves caught between Japanese warships and their own air support, forced into a desperate rescue of downed American pilots while the enemy closes in. It's a tense cat-and-mouse game where a damaged submarine and its worn crew discover that "easy assignments" in wartime rarely live up to their name.

The Superman Below

5 pp