(September 1974)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-06-18
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

Last issue. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #107, June 1974.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

"This is it, Namor -- your Final Defeat..." (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Lieber; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Al Milgrom ?; Mike Esposito ?; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; The Slime Thing
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lieber pencils and possible Milgrom inks per Nick Caputo, June 2012. Romita alterations per original art as seen on comic art fans:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=200376&GSub=73519

Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #72
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From the Void It Came... (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates (credited)
Pencils
Dan Adkins (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Linda Lessmann (credited as L. Lessmann)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; The Slime-Thing (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Slight crossover with Aquaman #56 as confirmed in the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Volume 8.
Sub-Mariner appears next in Giant-Size Defenders #3.
He becomes a co-feature with Doctor Doom in the series Super-Villain Team-Up, which picks up the Atlantis sub-plot.

"An Afterword. This is the last issue..." (Table of Contents: 2)

Send It to Subby / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
George Tuska; Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta; ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg; ?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; Galactus

Indexer Notes

Editorial afterword and final closing notes from Roy Thomas and letters of comment from Ed Heyne; Brian Schuck; Peter Cucich; and Randall Freeman. The single illustration is a panel detail reprinted from page one of issue #70. The Marvel Value Stamp #100 (the final one in Series A) is revealed to be Galactus.

"New from Marvel! The greatest movie series..." (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Planet of the Apes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. "This is it, Namor -- your Final Defeat..."
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. From the Void It Came...
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. "An Afterword. This is the last issue..."
    Send It to Subby
  4. 3. "New from Marvel! The greatest movie series..."
    Planet of the Apes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
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