Best of Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

...that really says it all, doesn't it?
BTW, wouldn't this comic make a great multi-million dollar cgi-fx movie?
(Wait a sec...they're doing a BattleShip flick...)

 Aquatic aliens vs the US Navy!
These guys at American Comics Group were ahead of their time...by over 50 years...and theirs was better!
On with the story...

Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub will return...soon!
(I wanna see what happens next, too!)

Script by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Odgen Whitney and others.

Best of Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB Part 2

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

Now, that's a synopsis!

(For the record, the "saucer" still looks like a doughnut!)

On with the story...

I could see the editorial conference now...

"OK, guys, for our first issue we have..

3-D (sort of) effects!

An atomic sub!

Evil aliens!

A "flying saucer"!

The underwater city of Atlantis!

A giant sea monster!

Did we leave anything out?"

Find out tomorrow in the pulse-pounding conclusion!

Script by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Odgen Whitney and others.

Best of Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB Part 1

Travel back to the 1950s, when atomic power was all that stood between us and flying saucers...

...although how an atomic submarine will do it is something to behold!

So, buckle your seatbelts and dive in!

Oddly enough, the "flying saucer" looks more like a flying doughnut...or the 1950s concept of a space station as seen in then-contemporary films like Conquest of Space!

Script by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Odgen Whitney and others.

Be here tomorrow for Part 2 when we'll see who's behind the "flying saucer"...

COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB are returning...

While preparing files for our 3-D Week series a couple of years ago, I came across this title in my archives...

..which doesn't use 3-D, but a pseudo-3-D process called...

BTW, only the first issue used the TrueVision gimmick.

The 1954 seven-issue series, Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub from American Comics Group, had a lot in common with the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea tv series and the Voyage to the Deep comic series, emphasizing wild science fiction storylines with the occasional spy/anti-Commie tale.

Be here tomorrow when we re-present the never-reprinted #1, which features the origin of the sub, the assembling of the crew and their first mission!

Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Battle Beneath the Earth"

We Have Already Seen...

...now that you've read the built-in synopsis, let's proceed, but with one caveat: this part of the story (despite being Comics Code-approved) is possibly NSFW due to politically-incorrect racial attitudes.

SPOILER: The "new, exciting mystery character" will quickly replace one of the original four Atomic Commandos.

Is he...

• 1) an alien?
• 2) a teen sidekick?
• 3) an alien teen?

You'll find out when Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub return this summer!

Two points:

1) You'd think the giants would find blonde and red-headed Belotti just a bit out-of-place.

2) I wonder if Irwin Allen saw this series, years before either the movie or tv versions of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Besides the similar plots to several episodes of the tv series, Allen's use of a submarine-berthed aircraft (the Flying Sub) seems more than coincidental.

Just sayin'...

The script for Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #2 (1954) by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything at the company during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Al Camy, Odgen Whitney and others.

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Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Fight for Survival"

When Last We Left Commander Bill Battle and His Crew...

...and with that succinct synopsis, let the mayhem ensue!

Tomorrow:

The Fearsome Finale!

The pseudo 3-D created by Craft-Tint tones used in the first issue was eliminated for #2 of ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954), although it looks like the pages were initially-conceived to utilize the Craft-Tint effects to create depth.
Script by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything at the company during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Al Camy, Odgen Whitney and others.

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Reading Room: COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Giants from the Depths"

Having successfully defeated one world-threatening menace...

...and completed their shake-down cruise, the aptly-named Commander Battle and his Atomic Sub are ready for action!

Tomorrow:

Giant Squid!

Giant Humanoids!

Giant Thrills!

The pseudo 3-D created by Craft-Tint tones used in the first issue was eliminated for #2 of ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954), although it looks like the pages were initially-conceived to utilize the Craft-Tint effects to create depth.
Without it, the giants aren't quite as imposing as they would have been, and panels like the last one on Page 7 (Battle bailing out of the airplane) just look silly.
Script by Richard Hughes, the Stan Lee of ACG who wrote practically everything at the company during his tenure as editor/writer!

Pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Al Camy, Odgen Whitney and others.

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