Sub-Mariner Special #1

(January 1971)

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; King Neptune (flashback); Warlord Krang

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

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #70 (August 1965)

2 More Triumphs from Marvel (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

John Romita; Jack Kirby

Inks

John Romita; Chic Stone

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Spider-Man; Vulture; Chameleon; Joe; Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]]; X-Men [Angel; Cyclops; Iceman; Beast; Marvel Girl]; Professor X; Lucifer

Indexer Notes

House advertisement for Spider-Man Annual #7 and X-Men Annual #1 reprinting their covers.

Escape...to Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Warlord Krang; Seaweed Man; King Neptune (cameo)

Synopsis

Namor heads into the Forbidden Deeps as he continues his quest for Neptune's Trident. Krang sends Seaweed Man to stop him. Meanwhile, back in Atlantis, the natives are beginning to get restless under Krang's iron rule.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #71 (September 1965)

Greetings from the mighty Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Gene Colan

Inks

Dick Ayers; Bill Everett; Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma

Indexer Notes

Images of Namor and Lady Dorma taken from various issues of Tales To Astonish.

A Prince There Was! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dorma; Krang, Seaweed Man; Zantor; Faceless Ones (cameos)

Synopsis

Sub-Mariner continues his quest for The Trident of Neptune. Sub-Mariner escapes a seaweed menace only to succumb to the stupifying brillance of the Diamonds of Doom. Back in Atlantis, Krang is fed up with Lady Dorma rebuffing his advances and has her teleported into exile to the land of the Faceless Ones.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #72 (October 1965)

The Mighty Marvel Checklist (Table of Contents: 6)

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #104, Spider-Man #90, Avengers #81, Thor #181, Captain America #131, Hulk #133, Daredevil #69, Iron Man #31, Sub-Mariner #31, Amazing Adventures #3, Tower of Shadows #8, Sgt. Fury #81, Special Marvel Edition #1, Incredible Hulk King-Size #3, Avengers King-Size #4, Sub-Mariner King-Size #1, Captain America King-Size #1, Thor King-Size #3, Silver Surfer #18, Conan the Barbarian #1, Spoof #1, Astonishing Tales #2, and Chamber of Darkness #7.

Be a Marvel Expert! (Table of Contents: 7)

Marvelmania / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

? (advertisement copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Marvelmania magazine.

Remember Me? (Table of Contents: 8)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Atlantis Attacks (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 [Bill Everett 'Hidden Gem'] (March 2020)
which is reprinted
• in King in Black: Atlantis Attacks (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Indexer Notes

New illustration of a young Sub-Mariner.

By Force of Arms! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; The Demon of the Diamonds; Warlord Krang; Faceless Ones (cameos)

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

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #73 (November 1965)

[As ruler of the undersea kingdom of atlantis...] (Table of Contents: 10)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner

Indexer Notes

images of Sub-Mariner taken from various issues of Tales To Astonish.

Imperious Rex!! (Table of Contents: 11)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Indexer Notes

image taken from the splash page of Iron-Man story in Tales of Suspense # 80, August 1966.