Fantastic Comics #4 - pt. 6

Phew! It took a long time to finish analyzing this issue, but I just have a few pages left of Sub Saunders to go. I didn't want to ignore these pages, as I have thinks to say and some venting to do about them...

Pizga must be a wizard, since there is no scientific way to extract gold out of hydrogen and oxygen.

Similarly, there's really no reason why land-based clothing customs would extend underwater. Long dresses? Hats?

I've talked before about how giant clams, game mechanics-wise, are more like traps than mobstertypes.

The evaporation plant is a pretty elaborate piece of machinery. good for borrowing if you need a description for a mad science invention.

Tons of water, per coin? Has he ever thought about digging in the ground? Still, it's an unusual to find an environmental-themed morality tale in early comic books.

And kudos to Sub for being this ballsy!

"Sheer force of numbers," against Sub, is about seven guards.

Checking Sub's blood samples is the soundest science here.

Women always rescue Heroes, in these stories, even when it puts them in mortal danger.

How does Sub know they have a radio room?

So, on a page you missed, a bunch of submarines showed up with American soldiers. I wonder how they got in...did their hatches somehow dock with the front entrance to the hidden city?

I know we're supposed to be rooting for Sub at this point, but after seeing Pizga's people getting slaughtered, and Pizga thrown around like a bully's victim, I can't help but wonder if Sub doesn't just want the mermen's secrets for America...

(Scans courtesy of Digital Comic Museum.)