Hawaii: The Face of Doom

"Golly," says Jimmy, "someone sure went through a lot of effort to keep us away from the lava flows." How solid is the lava at this point? If Jimmy wanted to get through it, would he have to break it, or is it still more of a liquid?

It's solid except in the center, where it's a thick muddy consistency. The surface is hot enough to boil water, so it would be difficult to stand on for any length of time without thick sea-boots, such as Cap'n Bill has, or limited superpowers, such as Jimmy and Vina have.

Capn Bill blushes a wee bit when flowers are hung about his neck, so maybe he likes them.

When the giant face roars at him, he wags his finger at it. "Belay that talk! Stand down! Tell who you are or what you be about, or I will have a tunny or a gar or a pike here so fast, you'll think a Tartar had shot 'em from a bow!"

He looks around. Is he in the water? On the green ship? Did the green ship break in half?

(Did the great furred and fanged visage appear to have the normal appurtenances, or perhaps he is a projection?)

If the ship is coming apart and the ropes are still intact, she will prepare to use the second to bind the first with better than average strength and speed.

The ship is indeed coming apart, but moving swiftly, Lady Hawk holds it together.

"Belay? Tunny? GAR? I am your DOOOOM!" bellows the great black face, which looks more and more simian and less human. Fire blooms around the face, lighting its eyes and whooshing forth to come close to scorching Cap'n Bill with its firey heat!

Sub-Superman, after setting aside the necklace and wreath, will take a deep breath and try to fly through the muddy part of the lava. He will try to make his way to the bottom of the lava flow to find what it is burying.

Fortunately, Jimmy can see through the lava with x-ray vision! Off to one side of the upwelling lava flow is a flattened sphere, like a bulky flying saucer, rimmed with airlocks.

And inside THAT, unable to hide from x-ray vision, is a massive gorilla with a golden belt hung with skulls, peering into a periscope arrangement which extends from a pulsating purple sphere. It is, in fact, Gorilla Grodd, known for both his vast strength and his telepathic illusion powers!