Tales to Astonish #90

(April 1967)

To Be Beaten by Byrrah! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway [as Sherigail]

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Namor, the Sub-Mariner; GUESTS: Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; VILLAIN: Byrrah

Synopsis:

Namor's cousin wins the favor of the populace of Atlantis as well as the Atlantean council by belittling the regime of the Sub-Mariner as violent and unstable; He challenges Namor to single combat for the right to rule and no one is more surprised than the avenging son when his powers desert him during the fight and Byrrah handily wins.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #51 (6 Marzo 1973) [part 1]
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (20 Marzo 1973) [part 2]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #45 (September 1974) [with 2 pages of the original story omitted]

Indexer Notes

Byrrah, Namor's cousin, is re-introduced from the continuity of the 1950s.

The Abomination! (Table of Contents)

The Incredible Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk; GUESTS: Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; VILLAIN: Abomination (1st; Origin); CAMEO: Stranger

Synopsis:

The Stranger leaves earth with the rampaging Hulk left behind to wreak destruction on his behalf; Turning back into his alter ego, Banner surrenders himself to Gamma base and tries to kill himself with radiation to stop the Hulk's destruction; Stopped before he can use his gamma machine, the machine is instead used by a foreign spy who is transformed into the Abomination; More powerful than even the Hulk, Abomination beats the jade giant down and kidnaps Betty as he escapes from the base.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in L' Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #88 (13 settembre 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #45 (September 1974)
• in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
• in The Incredible Hulk Megazine (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (November 1996)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (1999)
• in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #82559-3 [2]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Bill Mantlo