Writer – Ed Herron
Artist – Howard Purcell
Inker – Sheldon Moldoff

The Day the Seas Went Wild is an apt title in this latest adventure featuring the Sea Devils. It is a story so far-fetched that it could only appear in this book, and as is the norm, it was expertly drawn by Howard Purcell and Sheldon Moldoff from a script by writer Ed Herron. Things do go awry almost immediately in this wacky feature as the oceans start acting far from their norm. In one instance, it turns solid, separating Biff from the rest of the Devils, and while it eventually breaks, they remain apart as the seas continue to revolt. Tsunami-sized waves carry the Devils towards a nearby city, and while there is no lasting harm to any within, the streets now find themselves inhabited by sharks and whales, something unheard of in any part of the world. Herron pushes it even further as the Tropics freeze and the Arctic boils, and as the Sea Devils dive deep to discover what they can, they find a giant creature before them who may or may not be responsible for it all. From start to finish, this was quite the exciting tale – packed with action and featuring something a little different from the norm in a title that sometimes seemed a little stale when it came to fresh ideas. None of those stories that preceded this had been bad in any fashion; they simply seemed to rehash many of the same things that earlier issues had already done, albeit updated and tweaked here and there. In this story, Herron does his best to give readers something that readers may not have seen before, and it works on every level. Even better is the fact that as the story moves along to its foregone conclusion, where the heroes save the day, of course, the book is left off on an ending that leaves the reader wondering. And why do readers wonder? They do so because, even though the Sea Devils came out on top in the end, it was a non-win and owed to a bit of luck. The Devils never knew exactly what they were facing, what caused all the troubles that took place. They perhaps thought it was the giant creature, which was not actually the case in this instance, never knowing that it was something else entirely. If the Devils had not launched the missiles near the end of the story, they might never have known what they were up against, and there is a very real possibility that they might have perished. It is a wonderful bit of storytelling on Herron’s part, and it makes this particular issue a standout in the series.

4 out of 5