Story #2Moment of Truth!
Synopsis
Credits: Writer: Stan Lee. Pencils: Bill Everett. Inks: Bill Everett. Colors: ? Letters:
Art Simek.
Synopsis: Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner is heading for Columbus Circle in New York where
Lady Dorma and Warlord Krang are being held by the army as bait for Namor.
Krang’s treatment is wearing off, his and Dorma’s skin turning blue again and
they are losing the ability to breathe out of water. Dorma sends a mental
warning to Namor about the trap so he is ready to leap into the air and fly
away as the army opens fire on him. A shell grazes his arm as he swoops down
and carries off the captives, diving into the sea to revivify all three of
them. When freed, Krang attacks the wounded Namor, punching him mercilessly
while boasting of how he will take the throne. Dorma rushes into the city and
has Lord Vashti operate the Royal Teleportation Beam, bringing Namor and Krang
into the palace. Namor is rushed to the Medi-Ray chamber where his serious
wound (from the shell a few pages earlier) is healed….
Namor convenes
his court to pass judgment on Krang and Dorma. The Warlord is defiant so Namor
challenges him to a fight between them for the throne of Atlantis. And to
compensate for his prodigious strength, Namor allows Krang to employ any kind
of armor or weapons he chooses while Namor will fight unarmed in only his green
Speedo. Krang dresses in electrified armor and faces his foe. Namor takes him
down in only seven panels. He then sentences Krang to solitary confinement in
the furthest deeps. Then Dorma is brought before him and Namor, having had the
whole story of how she was deceived by Krang into agreeing to marry him,
decrees that she shall henceforth sit beside him as a peer. And they live
happily ever after, though the last panel promises “The greatest threat of all”
in the next issue….