(August 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
1971-05-04
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:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

In the Name of Turalla! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; Spider-Man; Turalla

Indexer Notes

Tuska pencils per Steve Tice and Nick Caputo, 2009. Nick notes numerous revisions on Turalla and Spider-Man likely redrawn by John Romita.

Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #40 Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (1968 series) #40 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

...Under the Name of Ritual.. (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Sam Grainger (credited)
Colors
Sam Grainger ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Job Number
618-Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lady Tuvia; Turalla (introduction, villain); Stephan Tuval (introduction); Mrs. Grant; Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo flashback); Gwen Stacy (cameo flashback); George Stacy (cameo flashback); People of the Black Sea
Synopsis
Lady Tuvia spirits Namor and Spider-Man away to the hidden city of the legendary Black Sea People, where Namor is to fight as her champion against the formidable Turalla, who aspires to marry Tuvia, become king, and carry out his dreams of conquest.
Reprints
Keywords
Black Sea; Boston

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #77.

The People of the Black Sea are descendants of prediluvian Atlantis who were exiled for their religious beliefs.

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

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

Estes Rockets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Columbia Record Club / 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)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Marlene Jablonski, J. Elaine Roberts, Paul Farquhar, Bruce Long, and Bob Rozakis.
Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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

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

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. In the Name of Turalla!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. ["The end of the skinny body"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. ...Under the Name of Ritual..
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Rockets
  5. 4. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. ["Original unpublished art portfolios"]
    Marvelmania
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. ["Play Guitar in 7 Days"]
  10. 9. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  11. 10. ["Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate"]
    Precise Publications
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  14. 13. ["Everything you've always wanted to know about the Bullpen, but were afraid to ask!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. Shop by Mail
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Send It to Subby
  17. 16. ["The Man Without Fear takes on--the gangland's most vicious killers!"]
    Daredevil
  18. 17. ["If you like to draw for fun, we can help you draw for money."]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  20. 19. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jack Alalme
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
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