Space Hero Saturdays COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Death of the H-Bomb!"

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When an atomic bomb launched from the Moon hits Earth, the Atomic Sub is hastily-converted to an atomic spaceship.
The Atomic Commandos journey to the Moon, where they discover a race of humanoids angry at Earthmen since other Earthmen (specifically Russians) built an atomic missile base there, killing curious lunar inhabitants who tried to communicate with them!
Sentenced to death by the leader of the Moon Men, the unarmed Commandos face a huge lizard, while the sub is about to be destroyed by atomic plasma fire!
However, aboard the sub is a young "Become a Junior Atomic Commando Contest" winner...who's developed a telepathic transmitter/receiver!

Whatta guy!

So now the kid's a full-time member of the Atomic Commandos.
Has anybody told his parents???

This never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #3 (1954) was produced by series creators Richard Hughes (writer) and Sheldon Moldoff (illustrator).
A minor plot point: Submarines are designed to keep intense exterior water pressure from crushing them.
Spacecraft are designed to keep pressurized atmosphere from escaping outward into the vacuum of space.
Since their structures perform totally-different functions, they would be all but useless outside of the environments they were specifically-built to withstand!
Yeah, I know these stories were written for 8 to 14 year-olds, but still, that's no reason to be scientifically-illiterate!

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Space Hero Saturdays COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Journey to the Moon with the Atomic Commandos!"

If you thought spaceships with propellers were weird...

...what do you think of traveling to the Moon...using an atomic submarine to get there!
(Yep, you read that right!)

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for the astounding conclusion...

I'm surprised Irwin Allen never did a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode like this!
Making a submarine into a spaceship seems like the sort of thing he would've loved to do.
(Adding a kid sidekick, though, is never a good idea.

They end up taking over the spotlight, and the series' emphasis goes from soft sci-fi to kid-show.)
Note: the 1990s TV series SeaQuest DSV did have it's sub go into outer space...transported by pacifist aliens to their homeworld to fight a war for them!
This never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #3 (1954) was produced by series creators Richard Hughes (writer and editor) and Sheldon Moldoff (illustrator).

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When last we left the Atomic Commandos...

...I'm sure I saw this plot reused on Voyage to the Botom of the Sea in the 1960s!

Written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Landau, this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (1955) was the second and last issue of the new anti-communist direction the series took.

The series continued for two more issues, which changed direction yet again, as the Atomic Sub battled flying saucers!

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Trump Reading Room COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Behind the Bamboo Curtain"

When Last We Left the Atomic Commandos...

...we'll check out the rest of the team as the story goes...

Tomorrow:

PayOff Battle!

Written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Landau, this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (1955) was the second issue of the new anti-communist direction the series took.

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Trump Reading Room COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "ChiCom Deception"

The Atomic Sub series veered from straight science fiction...

...into an amalgam of science fiction and espionage as the Atomic Commandos began to battle various Communists!

Tomorrow:
Behind the Bamboo Curtain!

Written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Landau, this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (1955) was the second issue of the new anti-communist direction the series took.

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Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub vs the Chinese Communists!

Starting Tomorrow...

...it's Americans vs The Red Chinese!
(Gee, just like real life!)
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Reading Room COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando"

How could we follow up going to the Moon and recruiting a new Atomic Commando?

How about a Cold War spy thriller?

How was that for a taste of hard-boiled Cold War paranoia?

This never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #3 (1954) was produced by series creators Richard Hughes (writer) and Sheldon Moldoff (illustrator).

Reading Room COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "Death of the H-Bomb!"

We Have Already Seen...

When an atomic bomb launched from the Moon hits Earth, the Atomic Sub is hastily converted to an atomic spaceship.
The Atomic Commandos journey to the Moon, where they discover a race of humanoids angry at Earthmen since other Earthmen (Russians) built an atomic missile base there, while killing curious moonpeople who tried to communicate with them!
Sentenced to death by the leader of the Moonmen, the unarmed Commandos face a huge lizard, while the sub is about to be destroyed by atomic plasma fire.
However, aboard the sub is a young "Become a Junior Atomic Commando Contest" winner...who's developed a telepathic transmitter/receiver...

So now the kid's a full-time member...
This never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #3 (1954) was produced by series creators Richard Hughes (writer) and Sheldon Moldoff (illustrator).

Tomorrow, a special feature about one of the Atomic Commandos!