CAPSULE
SNATCHERS
Membership: Unidentified
criminals (exact number
unrevealed)
Purpose: To capture space
capsules
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Sub-Mariner (Namor
McKenzie)
Base
of Operations: The oceans
First
Appearance: Sub-Mariner in
"Capsule Snatchers"
(Kenner See-a-Show slide, 1967)
History:
(Sub-Mariner
in
"Capsule Snatchers") - As
Namor the Sub-Mariner
watched the successful Space
Shot capsule touchdown in the oceans alongside military personnel, the
capsule
was grabbed from the water by a giant claw. Diving into the water, Namor found the Enemy Sub
housing the Capsule Snatchers group.
Despite the Capsule Snatchers' attempt to dive deeper into the ocean,
the
Sub-Mariner caught up to them and began puncturing the hull of the Enemy Sub,
forcing the Capsule Snatchers to release their grip on the Space Shot
capsule
and flee. Seeing the capsule back to the surface, Namor
was thanked for saving the capsule.
Comments: Created by an uncredited
writer and artist.
Despite
only one of the Capsule
Snatchers appearing in the strip, the title of strip was plural and
when Namor attacked the
Enemy Sub, one of the Capsule Snatchers
states "Sub-Mariner is poking holes in OUR hull!," suggesting that
there was
more than one Capsule Snatcher onboard the Enemy Sub.
The
Capsule Snatchers were only
named as such in the title of the slide. They were not identified
in-story.
The
Kenner See-a-Show slide had a
copyright of 1967 Marvel Comics Group, meaning that Marvel owned the
character
if some writer wanted to reuse the characters, though that doesn't seem
likely...
I
apologize for the lack of
another image of the Capsule Snatchers but the main image was the ONLY
image of
the actual Capsule Snatchers. Plenty
of images of the Enemy
Sub but only one of the Snatchers.
Special
thanks to Jon Knutson for
the images!
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Capsule Snatchers have no known connections to
- any other "Capsule" or "Snatchers"
characters
The
Enemy Sub was a
submarine piloted by members of the Capsule Snatchers. Using the Sub,
the
Capsule Snatchers captured the Space Shot capsule, but the Sub-Mariner
gave
chase and punctured its hull, forcing the Sub to release the capsule
and flee.
The
Enemy Sub was similar to any
other submarine with the exception that it was equipped with a gigantic
claw on
its front that could clamp with sufficient strength to hold an
astronaut's
space capsule and dive into the ocean depths without damage.
--Sub-Mariner
in "Capsule
Snatchers"
The
Space Shot capsule was
a space capsule that had been launched. As it returned to Earth, Namor the Sub-Mariner and
military personnel watched its
touchdown in the ocean. Upon its touchdown, the Capsule Snatchers
captured the
capsule using the Enemy Sub. Namor
gave chase and
punctured the Enemy Sub's hull, forcing the Capsule Snatchers to
release the
Space Shot. Seeing the Space Shot back to the surface, Namor
was thanked for saving the Space Shot's pilot.
--Sub-Mariner
in "Capsule
Snatchers"
images: (without ads)
Sub-Mariner in "Capsule Snatchers", pan5 (Capsule Snatchers, main image)
Sub-Mariner in "Capsule Snatchers", pan6 (Enemy Sub)
Sub-Mariner in "Capsule Snatchers", pan7 (Space Shot capsule)
Other
Appearances:
Sub-Mariner in "Capsule Snatchers" (Kenner See-a-Show slide, 1967) - uncredited writer &
artist
Last
updated: 10/11/12.
Any
Additions/Corrections?
please let me know.
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