(April 1971)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-01-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

What Gods Have Joined Together! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dorma; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What Gods Have Joined Together! (Table of Contents: 2)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Bernie Wrightson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There-- beyond the looming coral reef...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Diane Arliss; Attuma (villain); Karthon; Lady Dorma; Llyra (also as Dorma, villain); Lord Vashti; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Triton; Elga (bridesmaid); Proteus [Old Man of the Sea] (introduction); Rhonda Morris; Worta (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Prince Namor and Lady Dorma’s wedding day is marred when Attuma and his hordes attack Atlantis, and Llyra impersonates Dorma at the altar.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlantis; Lemuria; Morris Oceanarium (Florida); Sacred Scroll of Neptune; Scroll of Sovereigns; The Secret Shrine of Neptune; United Nations; Weddings

Indexer Notes

Atlantean tradition demands that male heirs to the throne be married by Proteus.

Dorma’s father's name is revealed to be Wa-Than and her grandfather's name to be Wa-Korr.

The Old Man of the Sea is first mentioned in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Nick Fury; Fear / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Monster Fan Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Estes Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Centre Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop By Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop By Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Mail Sack Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Send It to Subby / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Famous Artists School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What Gods Have Joined Together!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. ["Introducing Deal's Wheels, the most far-out model series yet."]
    Revell Models
  3. 2. What Gods Have Joined Together!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. ["Look over 400 crazy labels"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["2 more triumphs from Marvel"]
    Nick Fury; Fear
  7. 6. ["Join now! America's only monster fan club"]
    Monster Fan Club
  8. 7. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Industries, Inc.
  9. 8. ["Spending money and prizes get both sell Grit 'America’s greatest family newspaper'"]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  11. 10. ["Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can give you powerfully toned muscles and put full strength in your muscles..."]
    Mike Marvel System
  12. 11. Shop By Mail; Stamps
  13. 12. Shop By Mail
  14. 13. ["Wondrous words of wit and wisdom with which to waste some time!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  16. 15. ["$1000.00 paid for this 6c stamp"]
    Mail Sack Inc.
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Send It to Subby
  18. 17. ["You asked for it--you've got it!!"]
    Conan
  19. 18. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  20. 19. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  21. 20. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists School
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jack Alalme
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore