(May 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
1971-02-02
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:

... And One Must Die! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema)
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Attuma
Reprints

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Way to Dusty Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma (death); Llyra [also as Lady Dorma] (villain); Proteus [Old Man of the Sea]; Lord Vashti; Karthon; Attuma (villain); Worta (villain); Ikthon (villain)
Synopsis
Dorma has been kidnapped, but the vow of fealty she took foils Llyra’s scheme — Proteus proclaims Dorma to be Namor’s bride, not Llyra. More treachery is uncovered when Namor finds Ikthon to be in league with Attuma. The prince races to rescue his wife but is too late. Dorma is dead.
Reprints
Keywords
"Devil Machine" (earth-borer); Atlantis; Lemuria; Morris Oceanarium (Florida); Neptune’s Trident; Scroll of Sovereigns; Tracer-scope (brainwave tracker)

Indexer Notes

The title "The Way to Dusty Death" is from Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, line 23)
Ikthon is revealed as an ally of Attuma.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Marvelmania Official Club Stationery Kit (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

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

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

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 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) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Margrace Corporation Free Booklet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ... And One Must Die!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Way to Dusty Death!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. Marvelmania Official Club Stationery Kit
  7. 6. ["The end of the skinny body"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. [Shop by Mail]
  10. 9. [Shop by Mail]
  11. 10. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
  12. 11. ["America’s most amusing pet squirrel monkey"]
  13. 12. [Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. ["Indisputably incredible items to incite your interest, intensify your involvement, and increase your information"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["Muscles of steel"]
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Send It to Subby
  17. 16. ["To stalk the Spider-Man!"]
    Captain America
  18. 17. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  19. 18. ["More and more men report Telepander Training helps develop power-packed muscles in only 35 days!"]
    Margrace Corporation Free Booklet
  20. 19. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Jack Alalme
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lee Lines
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore