The Boomerang is hired by the Secret Empire to steal the Orion missile from Thunderbolt Ross' base.
Betty Ross, Rick Jones and Glenn Talbot, are returned to the surface by Tyrannus. Boomerang kidnaps Betty, and asks for the missile documents in exchange.
Beneath the surface, Tyrannus finds the Enchanted Well.
Finally, Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk when caught by subterranean men. Hulk uses Tyrannus' matter transmitter machine to return to the surface.
“When a Monarch
Goes Mad!” 3.5/5 Synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Writer: Stan Lee. Pencils: Gene Colan. Inks: Dick Ayers. Colors: ? Letters: Sam
Rosen.
Synopsis:
Having learned that Lady Dorma has run off with Warlord Krang to get married,
Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner pitches a royal fit. Lord Vashti tries to defend
her but it only leads to Namor declaring mention of her name an act of treason.
He mounts his throne and sentences all of Dorma’s relatives to prison merely
for being in her family. Again, Vashti tries to reason with him but Namor
pitches another royal fit. He dreams of taking vengeance upon her and trashes
his throne room in anger. He activates his Observa-Coils, an underwater
surveillance system, to locate Krang but they find nothing. Namor sends out his
navy to find the villain….
Meanwhile,
Krang, who has a means of evading detection by the Observa-Coils, explains the
next part of his plan to Dorma. They employ a gas to turn their skins pink then
head to the surface to hide out there. The royal navy spots his flagship but
they are not able to overtake it. They report back to Namor who destroys a
handy statue of Dorma then heads to the surface to catch them….
Story continues
in TALES OF SUSPENSE #80.