Tales to Astonish #73

(November 1965)

By Force of Arms! (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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nearing the end of his quest for Neptune's sacred trident, Prince Namor is...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Warlord Krang (villain); Lady Dorma; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Demon of the Diamonds (villain); Faceless Ones (cameos)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Neptune sends a group of electric eels to help Namor defeat the Demon of the Diamonds. Learning that Dorma has been exiled to the land of the Faceless Ones, Namor heads off to rescue her. Back in Atlantis, the citizens begin an active revolt against Krang.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #39 (4 de febrero de 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #4 (6 May 1967)
• in Sub-Mariner Special (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)
• in Hit Comics Die Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #213
• in Wrekers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #18 (1972)
• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #25 (mai 1972) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3 ([Februar] 1974)
• in Edderkoppen (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #2 (1978) [Page 5 edited out and page 12 heavily edited]
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 (1978)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([7. februar] 1978) [1 page removed]
• 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 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)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Another World, Another Foe! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Bob Powell (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ignoring the Leader's band of Humanoids who attack him with...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Leader [Samuel Sterns] (villain); The Watcher [Uatu]; Humanoids (villain); an alien (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Discovering the bullet that is lodged in the Hulk's brain, the Leader dissolves it with a laser and bathes our hero with gamma rays to give him strength. The Hulk still has Banner's mind but can no longer transform into human form thanks to the extra blast of radiation. Indebted to the Leader for saving his life, the Hulk agrees to be teleported to the Watcher's planet where he has been commanded to steal the "ultimate machine" but finds that said machine is also sought by the most powerful creature in the galaxy.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #19
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #39 (4 de febrero de 1967)
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #63 (15 April 1967)
• in Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (Marvel, 1968 series) #3 (January 1971)
• in Hit Comics X-Menschen (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #218
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #26 (March 31, 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #34 (juin 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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

Esposito inks per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3441, 3 March 2010). The credits erroneously credit only Kirby on layouts and Bob Powell on finished art.

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

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, the suspense is over!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jack Harris, David Hillis. Includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and an M.M.M.S. membership form.