Tales to Astonish #70

(August 1965)

The Start of the Quest! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited as Adam Austin)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Namor, the first, prince of Atlantis, emperor of the deep, lord of the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; King Neptune (flashback); Warlord Krang (villain)

Synopsis

Namor returns to Atlantis to find that Warlord Krang has taken his throne. When he spurns the affections of Lady Dorma, she turns him in and he is arrested by Krang as a traitor. Realizing that the only thing that will allow him to regain his kingdom and his subjects is the Trident of Neptune, Namor escapes to go and recover it.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #26 (30 de septiembre de 1966)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (15 April 1967)
• in Sub-Mariner Special (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #226
• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #22 (septembre 1971) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 ([Januar] 1974)
• in Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner (Newton Comics, 1976 series) #1 (March 1976)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januari] 1978) ["A Prince There Was"]
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januar] 1978)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - Enter the Sub-Mariner (2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Namor, the Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - The Quest Begins (2022)

Keywords

Atlantis; giant killer squid

Indexer Notes

Continued from Daredevil #7. This starts a quest-type story which concludes in Tales to Astonish #76.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

To Live Again! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't touch anything!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Leader (villain); Giant Humanoid (villain)

Synopsis

Dragging his dead buddy to their old underground complex, Rick uses the gamma machine (last seen in Incredible Hulk #6) on Bruce, thus turning him into the Hulk and saving his life. The Hulk once again has the intellect of Banner but he has to continue to use the ray machine every 48 hours to keep himself from turning into his alter ego as he still has a bullet lodged in his head. Talbot makes a bid for Betty now that his arch rival has been killed in disgrace. The Leader sends a giant Humanoid to attack gamma base and the Hulk gets involved in the fight.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #26 (30 de septiembre de 1966)
• in Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (Marvel, 1968 series) #3 (January 1971)
• in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #233
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #23 (March 10, 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #34 (juin 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #16 ([April 1975])
• in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([February] 2012)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Hulk : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1964-1966 (août 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Lair of the Leader (2022)

Indexer Notes

This is the first issue where the Hulk claims that "The madder I get the stronger I get."

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Marie Severin ?

Inks

Vince Colletta; Marie Severin ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Admit it, now!

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Johnson, John Ellsworth, and Donald McGregor (future comics writer). Includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and an image of the Hulk taken from the cover of Tales To Astonish #68, with additional art likely by Marie Severin.