Gorgo #21

In "The Nation Beneath the Sea," Gorgo stumbles upon a hidden Soviet underwater base, sparking a tense standoff when he destroys several submarines and later takes a nuclear ICBM as a toy—only to accidentally detonate it on shore. The resulting chaos alerts both American and Soviet forces, but before conflict erupts, Gorgo intervenes, hiding all the nuclear missiles in a deep chasm like a dog with a prized bone. The act forces the two superpowers to pause and, surprisingly, discuss their shared efforts in underwater farming to feed the world’s hungry. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Bill Montes with inks by Ernie Bache, this 1964 Charlton classic features a cover by Dick Giordano.