Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #2 (Sept-Oct 1954)

Sadly, there’s not much to say about Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub, which ran for a mere seven issues between 1954 and 1955. Published by American Comics Group (ACG), the book featured the adventures of the title character and his three “Atomic Commandos.” That’s right, this was a nuclear submarine crewed by only four people! (They apparently needed all the extra space to house their “atomic plane.”) The giant octopus depicted on the cover (which was drawn by Ogden Whitney) appears to have the upper hand arm against the Atomic Sub, but I have a feeling that the tables get turned by the end of the story.

All seven issues were probably written by editor Richard E. Hughes (who co-created Doc Strange and Black Terror for Standard Comics), and most issues (including #2) were penciled by Sheldon Moldoff (best known as one of Bob Kane’s Batman ghost artists, and as artist and co-creator of many of DC Comics’ other Gold and Silver Age characters.)