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The Deep                                                                           One-shot Comic
A Marvel Movie Special featuring the comic adaptation of the Hit 1977 Film. Awesome!!
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Sonny Trinidad
Colorist: Marie Severin
Letterer: Annette Kawecki
Editor: Roger Slifer
Cover by: ??? & Tom Palmer

The Official Adaptation of Columbia Pictures’ Cinema Sensation!
A Masterpiece of Undersea Suspense from the Author of JAWS!

The Deep is a 1977 adventure film directed by Peter Yates and based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name. The film stars Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, and Nick Nolte. During 1943, the Goliath was transporting ammunition and medical supplies when she broke up on a reef and went to the bottom of the sea off Saint David’s Island. Years later, in 1977, David Sanders and Gail Berke were exploring the sunken hull when they discovered mysterious ampules of some unknown drug and a strange medallion. Soon others are chasing them and David and Gail are in over their heads with deadly drug runners and treasure hunters. They discover the fact that “the sea is a tease… she loves to fool you” but sometimes she gives up her secrets to those who never give up.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full The Deep 1977 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
While scuba-diving near shipwrecks off Bermuda, vacationing couple David Sanders and Gail Berke recover a number of artifacts, including an ampoule of amber-colored liquid and a medallion bearing the image of a woman and the letters “S.C.O.P.N.” (meaning “Santa Clara, ora pro nobis” or “Santa Clara, pray for us”) and a date, 1714. Sanders and Berke seek the advice of lighthouse-keeper and treasure-hunter Romer Treece on the origin of the medallion, who identifies the item as Spanish and takes an interest in the young couple. The ampule is noticed by the man who had rented diving equipment to Sanders and Berke, which in turn attracts the attention of Henri Cloche a local drug kingpin for whom the shop owner works, who unsuccessfully tries to buy the ampoule and then begins to terrorize the couple with Haitian black magic. The ampule contains medicinal morphine from the Goliath, a ship that sank during World War II with a cargo of munitions and medical supplies. The wreck of the Goliath is considered dangerous and is posted as off-limits to divers due to the danger of explosions. Treece concludes that a recent storm has exposed her cargo of morphine and unearthed a much older wreck containing Spanish treasure.

Treece makes a deal with Cloche, so they can dive in peace making him believe he will get the ampules for a million dollars, while his real plan is to have the chance to find the treasure. Cloche gives him 3 days to recover them. Sanders, Berke, and Treece make several dives to the wrecks, recovering thousands of morphine ampules from Goliath and several additional artifacts from the Spanish wreck. Adam Coffin, the only survivor from Goliath joins to help in the boat but his loyalty is not very clear when they get attacked by sharks and he only says “that he probably fell asleep” without noticing they were in trouble.

Through research in Treece’s library, they reconstruct the history of the lost treasure ship, locate a list of valuable items, including a metallic jar with the letters “EF” engraved on it, and learn the identity of the noblewoman for whom they were made by the king of Spain. Sanders is determined to locate at least one item on the list to establish provenance; since without it there is no value to the treasure. Treece wishes to destroy the Goliath to put the morphine out of reach of Cloche; and Cloche interferes with their efforts so that he can recover the morphine for himself. During a running series of conflicts Treece’s friend Kevin is murdered by one of Cloche’s henchmen and Adam betrays them and is killed when he triggers a booby-trap while trying to steal the recovered morphine. A climactic battle during the final dive ensues, with Cloche and his divers being killed in the destruction of the Goliath and the recovery of a gold dragon necklace that will provide the needed provenance of the treasure.

One-shot Comic is bagged and double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: 1977
Format: FC, 48 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Fine condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious The Deep and/or Movie Adaptation collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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