Tales to Astonish #85

(November 1966)

-- And One Shall Die (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Bill Everett (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thinking his deadly power blast has destroyed Prince Namor, Warlord Krang triumphantly rockets away without a...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Krang; Secret Empire; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Lady Dorma

Synopsis

Namor wanders around New York, completely ignoring the commands of the leader of the Secret Empire who is trying to get him to help in a battle with the Incredible Hulk.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1924 (1967), #1931 (1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #18 (12 August 1967) [Black and white. Some captions rewritten.]
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #24, #31
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1939 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #39
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #89 (17 de febrero de 1968)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #246
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #21 (août 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #69 (1973)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #49 (6 Febbraio 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #40 (November 1973) [with pp. 6, 7 of original story omitted]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #14 ([Juli] 1974)
• 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)

Keywords

Coney Island; Tornado (roller coaster)

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Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Missile and the Monster! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

John Tartaglione (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (credited); Artie Simek (see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like a beast at bay, the rampaging Hulk finds himself alone in the concrete canyons of...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Gorki

Synopsis

When Ross activates the new Orion missile for a test, foreign spy Gorki activates a machine in the trunk of a car he commissioned Rick Jones to drive to New York and the missile changes course for the heart of the city. The Hulk intercepts the missile but changes to Banner before he can stop it.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #28
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1947 (1968)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #89 (17 de febrero de 1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #47, #55
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #243
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #35 (June 2, 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #40 (November 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #38 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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 Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• 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 Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)

Keywords

Cape Kennedy; Orion missile; robot

Indexer Notes

Some of the Hulk faces appear to be either stats or touch-ups by Bill Everett. Simek lettering on pages 8-10. Info per Nick Caputo.

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

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan; Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, I originally was going to write to Marvel to join the MMMS, but I thought I would...

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gary Buchanan Jr, Marty Nelson, and Bill Reynolds. Images taken from earlier issues. Also includes entry form for the M.M.M.S. and a promo for the next issue.