American Update: Undersea Adventure with the Sea Devils
*DC: I have a soft spot for this series, inasmuch as it’s one of many that featured the classic quartet line-up of scientist/leader, his strong best friend, his girl and her kid brother. Here, Dane, Biff, Judy & Nicky were engaged in undersea adventures at the hands of Robert Kanigher (writer) and Russ Heath (artist). The Sea Devils had undersea adventures for three issues of Showcase and 35 of their own series. I think they may have stumbled across more lost civilizations than Tarzan did in Africa (and that’s going some!), and a monster lurked within every coral reef. Their early adventures were often mind-warpingly wild as was the case with a lot of ‘Barking’ Bob Kanigher’s output, and the art by Russ Heath was superlative (you could really believe these adventures were happening underwater). Later, after the departures of the creators, subsequent hands provided more ordinary fare, though competently done for the most part. A selection of issues by Russ Heath and later artists between #2 and #21 added to our catalogue this week.
PICTURED: SEA DEVILS #2 GD/VG p £30 SOLD