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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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"Night <strong>of</strong> the Troll!"<br />

Thor # 238<br />

August 1975<br />

Ulik leads Thor to an<br />

underground river. Elsewhere,<br />

Orrin gets involved in a grape<br />

picker's strike. Back in the<br />

caverns, Ulik tells Thor his plan:<br />

take care <strong>of</strong> Zotarr while he<br />

attacks Geirrodur.<br />

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

"Sign <strong>of</strong> the Beast"<br />

Wolverine # 62<br />

November 1990<br />

Wolverine causes a foe to<br />

burst into flame, then causes<br />

an underground river to<br />

geyser and douse the fire.<br />

But let us get to some <strong>of</strong> the more familiar super heroes.<br />

Wonder Woman might not seem to be a Boys Club subject, but bathing suits help. In "The<br />

Judgment <strong>of</strong> Goddess Vultura," Wonder Woman # 25, September 1949, as Etta -- a short,<br />

overweight college student -- and her girls swim through the underground river to rescue Wonder<br />

Woman, they feel something pulling them underwater!<br />

To quote Eta, "Woo, Woo!"<br />

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