(January 1974)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-10-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #100.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

A Man Called Force! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita; Tony Mortellaro ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Force [Clayton Wilson]
Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #68 Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (1968 series) #68 [British]
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On the Brink of Madness! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as Geo. Roussos)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namorita; Tamara; Amphibians [Henry Croft; Dr. Jennings]; Triton (flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa] (flashback); Father Neptune; Ibbar; Ariel; Kabal; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo); Force [Clayton Wilson] (introduction); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo)
Synopsis
Namor returns to Atlantis and finds its inhabitants in a comatose state. The Amphibians believe they can cure them but they need the help of Dr. Walters. Namor goes to find Walters but encounters his assistant Wilson who has built himself a suit with force powers.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlantis; Empire State University; Grotto of the Ancients; Zephyrland

"Special Bullpen Note:" (Table of Contents: 2)

Send It to Subby / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas; Steve Gerber
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

A note from Roy & Steve explaining a printing error on 50,000 copies of Sub-Mariner #68. Also, letters of comment from: Charlie McDonald, Richard Baron, and Jeff Nocolay.

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

Ka-Zar; Man-Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Man Called Force!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. On the Brink of Madness!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. "Special Bullpen Note:"
    Send It to Subby
  4. 3. ["One for the Money --"]
    Ka-Zar; Man-Thing
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • James Ludwig
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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