“The Hidden World”
Writer/artist: Bill Everett.
Story reprinted from SUB-MARINER (1954 series) #36.
Synopsis: A second moon appears in the sky and drains all of Earth’s water. Namor the Sub-Mariner is the chief suspect so he opens up an underground reservoir and jumps into the stream as it too is drawn toward the new moon. There he finds a race of pink beaked men who tell him they just want some of Earth’s water to save their own world and will send all the rest back when their planet moves on. In a fit of anger, Namor tells them to keep all Earth’s water to punish the surface people—until he realizes his own people would all die too. So, he opens up the reservoir on the other world and the weather all shoots back to Earth, Namor with it. On his return he finds he is still suspected of stealing the water in the first place and plans revenge against the surface-dwellers.
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Comments: Title is a play on the famous classical piece “Night on Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky. The story is set in Rutland, Vermont, whose annual Halloween Parade was featured in a number of early 1970s comics for both Marvel and DC; this issue features guest appearances by Roy and Jeanie Thomas and Tom Fagan. Dormammu tried to invade Earth once before, in DR. STRANGE #173.
