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Synopsis for “The Sovereign and the Savages”
Continued from last issue..
The Sub-Mariner is a prisoner of the Plunderer after an unsuccessful attempt at trying to stop the high-tech pirate at his Skull Island base located in the Savage Land. The Plunderer explains how he came to know of this island, and that his brother Ka-Zar used to live in the Savage Land, and that he came her following his defeat at the hands of Ka-Zar and Daredevil[1]. He explains that the only threat to his operations are the nearby Swamp Men, however the savages are too afraid to come near Skull Island due to the constantly burning fires around the location. After showing off the full destructive power of his vibra-gun, the Plunderer asks Namor to join forces with him, a request the prince of Atlantis refuses.
As the Plunderer vows Namor’s death, two of the Swamp Men have traveled to the island on their own curiosity and get the drop on two of the Plunderer’s guards. With the guards downed, one of them picks up his vibra-gun and accidentally activates it, blasting a hole in the Plunderer’s base. The explosion prompts the Plunderer tro send his troops out to chase after the savages. The Plunderer is oblivious to the fact that the blast had also freed Namor, leading to a fight between the two. Despite Namor’s best efforts to stop the Plunderer, the fight is prolonged thanks to the Plunderer’s vibra-gun. During the fight the chief of the Swamp Men, unable to make a distinction between the two combatants drops a rock down on both of them, pinning Namor under the rock.
The Plunderer blasts the savage with his vibra-gun and then orders his men to return to the submarine and make a hasty retreat before their base explodes. Leaking water falling on Namor revives the Sub-Mariner, and he rescues the chief of the Swamp People before Skull Island explodes. Taking the chief to the shore, he is welcomed to the Swamp People’s home to celebrate. However, the Sub-Mariner is in no mood to celebrate, as he broods over the fact that the Plunderer escape without him knowing where he was going next. The Plunderer however, thinking Namor destroyed, decides to attack Atlantis directly setting a course for the fabled city. Meanwhile, the people of Atlantis, cut off from scanning the Plunderer’s base earlier in the battle believe that Namor has sided with the notorious pirate and quickly a law is passed outlawing the prince from his own land.
This story is continued next issue…
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