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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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Heroes<br />

Chapter 24 -- <strong>Underground</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> in the Comics<br />

Even aerial ace Smilin' Jack (2:14, January 1942) can't<br />

avoid underground rivers when he flies into a storm<br />

causes his ship to crash on an island where the native<br />

savages mistake him for Powder, who it seems has<br />

visited before and agreed to marry the Chief's daughter.<br />

Despite his protests, Jack is engaged, but at the final step<br />

<strong>of</strong> the wedding ceremony -- a drink from Mystery River --<br />

Jack sees that the stream flows from a cave, dives in and<br />

escapes to the ocean.<br />

Doc Savage was well acquainted with underground rivers.<br />

"The Phantom City"<br />

Doc Savage Magazine # 10<br />

December 1933<br />

"The Mystery <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>Underground</strong> River"<br />

Doc Savage Comics # 20<br />

Oct. 1943<br />

DRAFT 1122//66//22001122<br />

“The Hell Reapers”<br />

Doc Savage Magazine<br />

CC series # 2<br />

Oct. 1975<br />

"The Phantom City," abode to an ancient race <strong>of</strong> white-haired people and said to possess a<br />

fabulous trove <strong>of</strong> platinum, is deep in the lethal desert <strong>of</strong> the Arabian desert, reachable by a<br />

nerve-wracking journey down an underground river.<br />

"The Mystery <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Underground</strong> River, or Murder at the Old Red Mill" is a Nick Carter story, a<br />

detective who padded Doc's comic book series. This was the final issue.<br />

In “The Hell Reapers,” Doc cuts through the polar ice cap, only to be caught in a deadly whirlpool<br />

and emerge into a radiation-lit subterranean land, home to mysterious lizard-folk. The villain<br />

Rutter, a mutant seeking his fortune exploiting the uranium. When Rutter goes berserk, blasting<br />

the caverns, a rock fall blocks the outlet <strong>of</strong> the underground river and the subterranean world<br />

begins to flood.<br />

In "On the Planet Mongo," Flash Gordon, March 18, 1934, Flash, Dale and Thun are swept away<br />

by the underground river. Thun is knocked unconscious and washes up on a rock, just as Dale is<br />

pulled underwater. Flash dives in to rescue her, and is seized by green scaly Shark Men wearing<br />

air helmets.<br />

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