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"Then come if you dare, Subterraneans! Learn now why the world has learned to tremble at the name of -- the Sub-Mariner!!"
―Namor
"There Is a Fire Down Below"
Avengers
Title: "There Is a Fire Down Below"
Volume: 1
Number: 306
Cover price: $1.00
Cover date: August, 1989
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Credits
Chief: Tom DeFalco
Writers: John Byrne
Pencilers: Paul Ryan
Inkers: Tom Palmer
Cover artists: Paul Ryan
Cover inker: Tom Palmer
Colorists: Max Scheele; T. Fine
Letterers: Jack Morelli
Editors: Howard Mackie
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"There Is a Fire Down Below" is the title to the 306th issue of Avengers, Volume 1. The story was written by John Byrne with artwork by Paul Ryan and inks by Tom Palmer. Ryan and Palmer also composed the cover art illustration for this issue. It was colored by Max Scheele and T. Fine and lettered by Jack Morelli. The story was edited by Howard Mackie. This issue shipped with an August, 1989 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.00 per copy (US).

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The Sub-Mariner is swimming across the ocean, when he takes note of a giant underground column of lava. Investigating further, he discovers that is composed of Lava Men, who attack him en masse. The heat of the Lava Men saps Namor's strength and he dehydrates.

Meanwhile, the Avengers are trapped in a solidified ball of molten lava beneath the sea. As much as they try to pierce the shell, the rock simply reforms over the orifice. Thor continues to render blow after blow on the wall of their prison, with She-Hulk smashing away the bits that are attempting to reform. They break away a section long enough for the Sub-Mariner's body to fall inside.

In Cresskill, New Jersey, an aging scientist named Professor Paul Thomas Harker, checks on his latest invention - an inverter device, which he has housed in his home.

Elsewhere, Edwin Jarvis is on Avengers Island and broadcasts an emergency message, declaring that the Lava Men column that supports the island is breaking apart. The transmission is picked up by the West Coast Avengers, who fly towards the scene.

Back underground, the rock sphere is broken apart, and the Avengers find themselves facing Jinku - Witch Doctor of the Lava Men. Jinku tells them the history of his people and declares how their actions resulted in the death of their god, Cha'Sa'Dra. His death signaled the demise of nearly all of the Lava Men, and Jinku wants revenge. He summons a giant creature known as the Avatar of Cha'Sa'Dra, who lays into the Avengers with a powerful blow.

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