(June 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
1971-03-02
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:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marie Severin ?; Ross Andru ? (see notes)
Inks
John Severin
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Andru pencils per Nick Caputo, March 2018. Nick notes background figures look like Andru's style and the cover was likely based on a cover preliminary by Marie Severin, who performed that task for most cover artists in this period.

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

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

Namor Agonistes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited) (Artist)
Inks
John Severin (credited) (Artist)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (origin retold with new details); Lady Dorma (corpse); Karthon; Lord Vashti; Qua-Ron; Qua-Ron’s mother; Tha-Korr (flashback); Princess Fen (flashback); Mr. Blake (the sailor who discovered Fen on board the Oracle, flashback); Captain Leonard Mckenzie (flashback); Betty Dean (flashback); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo flashback); Attuma (on monitor, cameo flashback); Ikthon (flashback); Llyra (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The recent death of his beloved Dorma moves Namor to reflect on his tumultuous life and the many misfortunes that have befallen his undersea realm. Following Dorma’s internment, Namor publicly abdicates his throne and forsakes Atlantis.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlantis; funerals

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas added a note in the credits: "This story owes an enormous debt to and is hereby dedicated to Bill Everett, first writer/artist of the Sub-Mariner."

Sub-Mariner abdicates his throne until #60, leaves Atlantis until #58

The title is an allusion to "Samson Agonistes" by John Milton.

This issue has 20 numbered pages with pages 12 and 13 being half pages.

[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)

Super Poster Offer (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvelmania / advertisement / 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) /

Estes Rockets / 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
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Paul Sanford, Wilson Fong, Eddie Christopher, Mike Towry, Spence Marshall.
Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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) /

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. [no title indexed]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash the easy way!"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Namor Agonistes!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. Super Poster Offer
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    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."]
    Estes Rockets
  12. 11. ["America’s most amusing pet squirrel monkey"]
  13. 12. Shop By Mail
  14. 13. ["Hints of hilarious hi-jinx and homogeneous happenings happily harvested for heroes like you!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["Muscles of steel"]
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Send It to Subby
  17. 16. ["At last!! The most eagerly-awaited even in comics history!"]
  18. 17. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  19. 18. ["Power-packed muscles in only 35 days!"]
  20. 19. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jack Alalme
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore