The Avengers #40 (Marvel)
Roy Thomas (w) Don Heck (a)
From the early days of Marvel comics comes yet another fight between heroes based on misunderstandings and too much machismo. The team have just beaten The Mad Thinker one of the Fantastic Four's villains in their last issue. The place is a wreck and they muse about clearing it up and who picks up the bill.
Wanda collapses and Hawkeye mourns the betrayal of the Black Widow who has seemingly defected to the Reds when in fact she's working for SHIELD. Deep in the ocean Namor the Sub-Mariner battles in arena to prove his skills when a Submarine enters his realm. Firing a topped, Namor intervenes and deflects their shots to protect the coral.
After trapping the American sub, Namor hears the radio signal they send for help (that's a power we didn't know about) and off he goes to find the base. Of course pushing aside a few sailors with rifles is one thing but when the Avengers intervene Hercules and Namor go right at it.
Strong beyond us mere mortals old Hercs lacks a little common sense and makes an assumption that Namor is after the Cosmic Cube which he hadn't actually heard of so when next knocked in the sea looks for it and finds the artifact quickly discovering it's reality altering powers.
More mayhem ensues until The wasp realise that Namor has turned the cube into an amulet and she breaks it off his neck. The cube falls into a looming split in the ground and Namor loses interest. The Mole Man finds the cube but thinking it just a child's toy discards it.
Will that be the end?
Classic Marvel action picked up at a reasonable price. I had been looking for #38 which was the first Avengers comic I ever got as a kid. I was then as now more of a JLA/DC fan. However these Marvel classics were and are a joy to read.
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