MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 843: THE RULER OF THE UNDERSEAS

(Weird Comics 001, 1940) 

During the inaugural voyage of his super submarine the A-14, oceanic explorer Typhon encounters a remarkable monster: a mass of eels with a central woman's head and the attractive power of a siren.

Though the creature kills several of his crew, Typhon is able to use his magic ring to kill its heads, which reveals that the girl-head in the centre is actually a human woman who has been mind controlled and used as a monster-part for "many years." This is horrifying to contemplate!

The Ruler of the Underseas, stung by the loss of his composite beast, sends the equally-as-horrifying Serpent-Men to capture them, which of course raises the question of why he was using a human woman in a bubble helmet as his monster core when he could have just used one of his loyal undersea dudes. Is it because none of them are attractive enough?

Typhon foils the Ruler's plans by paralyzing him with his magic ring so that they can all escape back to the A-14, and I am left with one observation and one question:

Observation: Given how important Typhon's magic ring is to the plot of this issue - note that it also protects him from the spell of the eel-siren earlier - one might expect it appear again in a future story. This is not the case.

Question: Is the Ruler of the Underseas just permanently paralyzed? He certainly does not ever return to vex Typhon and his former eel-maiden companion (later named Cecelia). Because if he is, well, condemning even an evil man to an inescapable prison in his own body isn't a great look, Typhon.