To Another Shore
- the Viking Prince episode
- an ancient wiking ship is discovered buried in the ice; it is believed that the Viking Prince is aboard the ship; the Legion of Doom sends Devil Ray, Giganta, Killer Frost, and Heat Wave to retrieve it
- Wonder WOman is nearby at a global warming conference and winds up getting into a fight with the villains; when WW falters King Faraday shows up with reinforcements; when that doesn't prove to be enough Wonder Woman calls to the watch tower for help
- Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter quickly rush in to help; Martian Manhunter tries reading Giganta's mind to figure out what is going onbut all he gets is something about Viking Prince's invulnerability and then her mind gets wiped out
- Using a sub Devil Ray takes off with the Viking Ship which is still frozen in ice; Green Arrow makes his way on to the sub and almost catches it single-handed
- with some help from King Faraday the sub is captured by the good guys
- Martian Manhunter convinces Killer Frost to save the conference attendees from an avalanche
- So many great moments:
- Wonder Woman confronting J'onn about his reluctance to go out on a missions and J'onn throwing it back in her face
- the tale of the Viking Prince's origin as told by Gorilla Grodd using still images of Joe Kubert art
- Wonder Woman reading while the Viking Prince and his ship burn up as they approach the sun and Martian Manhunter leaving the League indefinitely
- Green Arrow's quips and commentary
- Mr Terrific - crossword puzzle in ink
- the ending brought tears to my eyes
- J'onn materializes; changes to human form, merges into the crowd
- The Viking Prince
- created by Bob Kanigher and Joe Kubert
- first appeared in Brave and the Bold 1 (Aug/Sep 1955)
- regular in B&B until #24
- also Sgt. Rock team-up story in Our Army at War 162-163 (Jan & Feb 1966) - reprinted in Sgt. Rock Special 1 (1988)
- Viking Prince Collection
- Birds of Prey (2000s); Arak, Son of Thunder (1980s)
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