- "One thing I'll say for this pair! They're tough! Jacqueline's pummeled Warrior Woman with enough haymakers to take out Joe Palooka, Popeye and Big Ben Bolt -- and she's still standing!"
- ―Captain America
| "The Battle of Berlin!" | |
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| The Invaders | |
| Title: | "The Battle of Berlin!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 20 |
| Cover price: | .30/.35 (See Notes) |
| Cover date: | September, 1977 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Archie Goodwin |
| Writers: | Roy Thomas |
| Pencilers: | Frank Robbins |
| Inkers: | Frank Springer |
| Cover artists: | Gil Kane |
| Cover inker: | Frank Giacoia |
| Colorists: | Don Dickens |
| Letterers: | Tom Orzechowski |
| Assistants: | Archie Goodwin |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Invaders #19 |
| Next: | Invaders #21 |
"The Battle of Berlin" is the title of the first story featured in issue #20 of the American superhero war series The Invaders. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork by Frank Robbins. The inks were provided by Frank Springer. The issue was colored by Don Dickens and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. The second story in this issue, "The Sub-Mariner" is reprinted from the first story from Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 and features the first appearance of Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner. The story was written and illustrated by Bill Everett and was first published in April, 1939. The cover art illustration for this issue was composed by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The issue was edited by Roy Thomas with Archie Goodwin as consulting editor. It shipped with a September, 1977 cover date and carried a cover price of .30 per copy (.35 with later distributions).
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- Energy projection
- Environmental adaptability
- Flight
- Pyrokinesis
- Superhuman agility
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman stamina
- Superhuman strength
- Winged flight
"Here Is the Sub-Mariner!"[]
| "The Sub-Mariner" | |
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| Title: | "The Sub-Mariner" |
| Writers: | Bill Everett |
| pencilers: | Bill Everett |
| Inkers: | Bill Everett |
| Letterers: | Bill Everett |
| Editors: | Lloyd Jacquet |
A diver named Rod Nelson from the salvage ship S.S. Recovery explores a sunken vessel in the Southern Ocean. He reports back to his captain that he discovered a vault within the vessel, but there is evidence that it had recently been emptied. The captain sends Nelson and a man named Carley back down to get further information. As they approach the sunken ship, they see that a hatchway has been torn open. They spy a thin young man swimming about under water without the aid of diving equipment. This man, the Sub-Mariner, sees the divers and mistakes them for robots. He cuts off their air hoses believing it to be a power conduit and then stabs one through the chest, while crushing the head of the other. He then attacks the Recovery, breaking it's rudder, thus forcing it to veer into a bed of rough corral, which sheers the ship into two.
The Sub-Mariner then brings the bodies of Nelson and Carley back to Atlantis, where he presents them to the city's ruler, the Holy One. Removing their helmets, it is then that he realizes that they are humans. The Sub-Mariner's mother, Princess Fen, congratulates him on the great strides he has taken in the city's war against the surface world.
The Sub-Mariner asks his mother why the two cultures are at war. Fen explains that the conflict began in 1920 when an icebreaker vessel called The Oracle began dropping depth charges in this area of the ocean, unwittingly destroying large sections of the undersea populace. Fen was sent to infiltrate the crew of the ship as a spy. She met the Oracle 's captain, Leonard McKenzie, and pretended to be an ill stowaway. The two eventually fell in love with one another and were married. Fen reported back to the King that the surface people were too strong to wage war against, so they spent the following twenty years building up an army. Fen instructs the Sub-Mariner to lead the charge against the surface world.
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Supporting characters
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- None
Minor characters
- Anderson
- Carley
- Karal, an Atlantean
- Rod Nelson
Organizations
Races
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Items
Vehicles
- The Oracle
- S.S. Recovery
Powers
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this issue is, "They're Back in Battle! Union Jack and the Woman Called Spitfire!".
- This issue was published in the midst of a price hike of all standard 32-page Marvel Comics issues, which went from .30 per copy to .35 per copy. Some printings of this issue bear a .30 cover price, while others have a .35 cover price.
- Irving Watanabe provides the cover lettering for this issue, but is uncredited.
This Month in Comics[]
Other comics published by Marvel Comics for September of 1977 include: