Tales to Astonish #91 [British]

(May 1967)

Outside the Gates Waits.. Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Bill Everett (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited as Danny Adkins)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Citizens of Atlantis!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; Byrrah (villain); Attuma (villain); Krang (villain); Inferno Isle Monster (villain)

Synopsis

As the new ruler of Atlantis, Byrrah has Namor arrested and sent to the dreaded Inferno Isle. Namor battles the lava monster that lives there and returns to Atlantis to seek his vengeance. Meanwhile, back in the undersea kingdom, Dorma has found Byrrah's hypnosis machine that won him the throne and uses it to turn the Atlantean allegiance back to Namor. With his hold quickly crumbling, Byrrah has Attuma activate a weapon that will destroy all of Atlantis figuring if that if he can't rule the realm, no one will. Namor arrives in time to destroy the machine and route his enemies.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #53, #57
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #114 (24 de agosto de 1968)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #249 (1973)
• in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #72 (1973)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (20 Marzo 1973)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #34 (octobre 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #46 (October 1974) [minus two pages]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #21 ([November] 1974) [Page 1-6], #22 ([November] 1974) [Page 7-12]
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]

Keywords

Byrrah's ionic force field; Inferno Isle; pressure capsule

A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Whosoever Harms the Hulk..! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Gil Kane (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Abomination has captured my daughter--!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (villain); The Stranger (cameo)

Synopsis

Ross and his men try to revive the Hulk after his beating by the Abomination. Returning from the brink of death, Hulk is about to leave when the pleading Rick Jones causes him to transform back to Banner. Banner uses his knowledge to lure Abomination back to Gamma Base with Betty in tow. Hulk and Abomination clash once again. Watching from a distant galaxy, the Stranger realizes that the Abomination is a much better choice than the Hulk and zaps him to his side, ending the battle.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #31
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #51
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #114 (24 de agosto de 1968)
• in Edderkoppen (Williams, 1973 series) #4/1973 (1973)
• in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #251
• in Spinneman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #72 (1973)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #38 (June 23, 1973)
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #88 (13 settembre 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #46 (October 1974)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #39 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) (1976)
• in Hulk pocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (82559-3) (January 1979)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 (septembre 1982)
• in O Espectacular Homem-Aranha (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #5 (5/Junho/1983)
• in The Incredible Hulk Megazine (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (November 1996)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #4 (novembre 2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([January] 2006)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)

Keywords

infinite weapon ray

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Gil Kane

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Thanks for Astonish #87!

Characters

Hulk

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bradley Kohler, Marga Denegri, Peter Cadwell, and Joe Malik; M.M.M.S. membership form.