Die Spinne #21
In "Die Spinne schlägt zurück!", Namor, imprisoned on the volcanic Inferno Isle, fights the island’s deadly lava beast before returning to Atlantis to reclaim his throne. With Dorma uncovering Byrrah’s mind-control device and turning the kingdom against him, the usurper unleashes a doomsday weapon to destroy Atlantis—just as Namor arrives to stop it. A gripping clash of loyalty, power, and survival, written by Stan Lee and B. De Cuvry, illustrated by Bill Everett with inks by Dan Adkins, and lettered by Hartmut Huff, all under Steve Ditko’s striking cover art.
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As the new ruler of Atlantis, Byrrah has Namor arrested and sent to the dreaded Inferno Isle. Namor battles the lava monster that lives there and returns to Atlantis to seek his vengeance. Meanwhile, back in the undersea kingdom, Dorma has found Byrrah's hypnosis machine that won him the throne and uses it to turn the Atlantean allegiance back to Namor. With his hold quickly crumbling, Byrrah has Attuma activate a weapon that will destroy all of Atlantis figuring if that if he can't rule the realm, no one will. Namor arrives in time to destroy the machine and route his enemies.
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