Marvel's Decades series has proven to be quite entertaining for me so far. I've gathered up all the volumes to date, though I admit that beyond the 80's my interest diminishes significantly. The first tome in this series Decades - Marvel In The '40s highlighted the Golden Age clashes of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner and his elemental opposite The Human Torch. Both these heroes debuted in Marvel Comics #1 (actually Namor technically was supposed to appear earlier) and during the Golden Age at least were the banner boys for Timely Comics. Alongside Captain America they formed Marvel's "Big Three". (Cap gets his limelight next time.) Given the natures of Namor and the Torch it was almost inevitable that they discover conflict and they did again and again. Eventually they'd become allies, not only on the covers of scores of delicious covers by Alex Schomburg, but offically as members of the ill-fated All-Winners Squad. The two have quite a tempestuous relationship as the Sub-Mariner switches back and forth from defending mankind to invading the surface world from time to time. The battles between the Torch and Namor are not all of what Timely was about during the Golden Age of Comics, but those punch-outs do give a window into the era in a splendid manner.
Here are the covers of the comics from which the stories in this volume were taken.
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