How Cannonball Joe Quelled the Suffocating Death part III

Continuing my peek at East Coast Rising volume 2, the next three pages, numbers 7 through 9, are up! And in case you missed the first two posts:
See pages 1-3 HERE!
See pages 4-6 HERE!

A little director's commentary on this, the part when Joe hums to open the giant clam and get at the air bubble is a hundred percent inspired Sonic the Hedgehog (Labyrinth Zone in particular). If you are deprived enough not to know what I'm talking about, check out 0:28 on this YouTube clip to know the sound effect that goes with it!