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Fightin' Navy #99

Jul 1961 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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The lead story, "The Last Test!", depicts a naval crisis when two submarines collide while racing to test a new torpedo, and Admiral Salsworth must prevent reports of the incident from reaching superior officers to save his career. As a massive sea creature seizes one of the damaged vessels, the crew fights for survival, and a flagship is ordered to fire depth charges set to detonate in three seconds to destroy the monster—leaving the trapped submarine's fate uncertain.

Contains 4 stories
Attack On Truk
8 pp · War

When the U.S.S. Switcher finds itself pinned down in Truk Harbor after surviving a brutal depth-charge attack, the submarine crew devises an audacious plan: modify their remaining torpedoes with manual controls so volunteers can guide them to their targets from the surface. As the men work frantically to outfit their weapons and carry out their desperate strikes against anchored Japanese warships, they must navigate the chaos of a suddenly panicked enemy anchorage before the trap closes in for good.

Serpent Strategy
2 pp · War

During the ancient naval conflict between Hannibal and King Eumenes of Pergamon, the legendary commander devises an unconventional plan: fill his warships with live serpents, then use a clever ruse to identify which vessel carries his enemy. Once Eumenes' ship is revealed and forced to flee in panic, Hannibal's fleet unleashes the serpents in a devastating attack. "Serpent Strategy" showcases one of history's most imaginative—and slithering—tactics of war.

The Deep Range War
5 pp · Science Fiction, War

When atomic detonations awaken ancient, colossal creatures from the ocean floor, the U.S. Navy launches an unprecedented battle against nightmarish sea-beasts—a worm-like horror, a 200-foot tortoise, and a primordial shark. A submarine crew fights to survive against crushing pressure and lethal biology while command debates whether to study or destroy the monsters, but as the dust settles, one sailor's troubling observation suggests the threat may not be entirely over.

The Last Test
8 pp · Science Fiction, War

When an atomic bomb test in the remote Pacific unleashes a colossal undersea creature, Specialist First Class Mike Holman and the task force must race to understand what they're facing before it destroys the fleet. As conventional weapons prove inadequate against the beast, Holman dives deeper to track the wounded monster to its lair and uncover the terrifying truth beneath the waves.

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Full credits

writer Joe Gill
cover pencils Bill Molno
cover inks Vince Alascia

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Reprinted in War #25 (1981), Fightin' Navy #131 (1984)

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