(March 1973)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-11-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Irene Vartanoff ? (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #91, November 1972.

The Maddening Menace of the Mole Man! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Weiss
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto (word balloon); Dave Hunt

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Mole Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Weiss pencils per Nick Caputo, Aug 2012. Previous indexer credited Rich Buckler.

They Dwell in the Depths (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (layouts); Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Tyrannus; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Subterraneans
Synopsis
The Hulk is pulled into the underground kingdom of Tyrannus who has been separated from the fountain of youth and has become a feeble old man. The Jade Giant's old foe asks for his help in retaking the fountain from his rival, the Mole Man, and he makes his argument for assistance stronger by revealing that he has captured Rick, Betty and Glenn. When Betty mentions Banner, Hulk goes wild but his destruction is put to an abrupt end as the Mole Man attacks. The Hulk fights Mole Man's powerful Octo-Sapien robot and falls into the fountain of youth transforms him back into Banner.
Reprints

To the Death (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Lord Vashti; Puppet Master [Phillip Masters] (villain); Krang (villain); Behemoth (villain)
Synopsis
Namor battles the Behemoth with the fate of Atlantis hanging in the balance. Krang has Puppet Master build a puppet of the Behemoth so he can control the creature mentally. Even under Krang's control, Namor is able to beat the monster. Krang snatches victory from defeat, however, when he shows up in Atlantis and informs the Lady Dorma that he will use the puppet to bring the Behemoth back unless she agrees to marry him.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Maddening Menace of the Mole Man!
    Hulk
  2. 1. They Dwell in the Depths
    Hulk
  3. 2. To the Death
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Greg
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore