Mississippienne
11-07-2007, 05:15 PM
So this thread will start what will hopefully be an ongoing series in which I review, post scans, and snark on great comics of yesteryear. By "great" I mean "Marvel's strangest, most mind-bending, most ludicrously-plotted stuff I could dig up" and by "yesteryear" I mean "in whatever order, of whatever era, I please". So -- let's kick off with an oldie but a goodie: Marvel Mystery Comics #8-10, featuring the first ever superhero/superhero battle! Namor the Sub-Mariner vs. the original Human Torch! Namor is more of an anti-hero, and the Human Torch isn't human, but let's ignore that for the time being.
Namor shows up on the surface world and does what he does best: be sexy and break shit. He destroys the Hudson Tunnel, releases a bunch of deadly zoo animals, and is ripping apart the George Washington Bridge when Jim Hammond shows up.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim.jpg
Namor refers to Jim as "hot stuff" several times during this encounter. They have all sorts of odd pet names for each other -- Jim calls Namor "water moccasin" at one point. Maybe it's funny to an android.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim1.jpg
Namor knocks Jim the f--- out. He can't quite bring himself to finish Jim off just yet, so takes him to an aerial sub and plays around with an air hose until the inevitable happens.
That's right. A bubble fight.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim3.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim4.jpg
We now know Namor's weaknesses: hot blondes, and bubbles.
Namor and Jim beat the hell out of each other some more and cause massive amounts of property damage, until Namor captures Jim inside what appears to be a full-body condom.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim5.jpg
So what will Namor do with Jim now? Keep him as the world's oddest paper weight? Make him go-go dance? You decide, True Believers!
Namor shows up on the surface world and does what he does best: be sexy and break shit. He destroys the Hudson Tunnel, releases a bunch of deadly zoo animals, and is ripping apart the George Washington Bridge when Jim Hammond shows up.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim.jpg
Namor refers to Jim as "hot stuff" several times during this encounter. They have all sorts of odd pet names for each other -- Jim calls Namor "water moccasin" at one point. Maybe it's funny to an android.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim1.jpg
Namor knocks Jim the f--- out. He can't quite bring himself to finish Jim off just yet, so takes him to an aerial sub and plays around with an air hose until the inevitable happens.
That's right. A bubble fight.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim3.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim4.jpg
We now know Namor's weaknesses: hot blondes, and bubbles.
Namor and Jim beat the hell out of each other some more and cause massive amounts of property damage, until Namor captures Jim inside what appears to be a full-body condom.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/namorjim5.jpg
So what will Namor do with Jim now? Keep him as the world's oddest paper weight? Make him go-go dance? You decide, True Believers!