Bring On the Back-ups: "In the Wake of the Warriors!" by Gerber, Chaykin, and Sinnott

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today let's take a look at the third (and final for Chaykin and Sinnott) chapter of the far-out Tales of Atlantis feature that ran in the back of Marvel's Sub-Mariner mag (issues 62-66). "In the Wake of the Warriors" was the highlight of Sub-Mariner #64 (May 1973), and here it is, just for you!

Bring On the Back-ups: Chaykin and Gerber's Tales of Atlantis

For five short issues, Marvel's Sub-Mariner ran an enthralling back-up series called "Tales of Atlantis". Mixing Marvel mythology with a bit of Robert E. Howard, plotter/penciler Howard Chaykin, scripter Steve Gerber, and inker Joe Sinnott gave us the untold story of how mighty Atlantis found its destiny beneath the blue-green waves of the sea. Get ready to groove to "Tales of Atlantis" (from Sub-Mariner #62, March 1973) and "Cataclysm" (from Sub-Mariner #63, April 1973)!

After that, Chaykin, Gerber, and Sinnott continued Atlantis' saga(Sub-Mariner #64, June 1973), filling us in on how the Atlaneans survived and rebuilt. Unfortunately, the Chaykin left the series before it was complete, leaving the plotting solely to Gerber and the penciling chores to Jim Mooney (Sub-Mariner issues 65-66, July-August 1973). The conclusion to the mini-series was satisfying, but ya have'ta wonder what it would have been like had Chaykin stuck with it.