Steve Elonka began chronicling thee exploits of Marmaduke Surfaceblow-a six-foot-four marine engineer with a steel brush mustache and a foghorn voice-in POWER in 1948, when Marmy raised the wooded mast of the SS Asia Sun with the help of two cobras and a case of Sandpaper Gin. Marmy's simple solutions to seemingly intractable plant problems remain timeless.