(March 1975)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1974-12-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #113, December 1974.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Doom; Sub-Mariner
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Saladino credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Artie Simek.

Part 1: Sub-Mariner Rising! [Encounter At Land's End!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Doctor Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Doom; Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer (cameo flashback); Shalla-Bal (cameo flashback); Mr. Fantastic (cameo flashback); Human Torch (cameo flashback); Thing (cameo flashback); Darkoth the Death-Demon (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Framing sequence in which the Sub-Mariner rescues Dr. Doom from the ocean and tries to convince him to become his ally.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sub-Mariner between SUB-MARINER #69 / 70; Dr. Doom between FANTASTIC FOUR #144 / 155; Framing sequence for the story that reprints Sub-Mariner 20 and Marvel Super-Heroes 20. The pages of this sequence occur before, between, and after the reprints.

Part 2: In the Darkness Dwells Doom! [Encounter at Land's End!] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Johnny Craig
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; The Thing (cameo flashback); The Invisible Girl (cameo flashback); The Human Torch (cameo flashback); Mr. Fantastic (cameo flashback); Crystal (cameo flashback); Dr. Doom
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner is pursued by New York policemen and takes refuge in the Latverian Embassy, where Dr. Doom tries to take him prisoner.
Reprints

Part 3: This Man...This Demon! [Encounter at Land's End!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Doom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Lieber; Roy Thomas
Pencils
Larry Lieber; Frank Giacoia
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Doom; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic; The Invisible Girl; The Human Torch; Diablo; Valeria; Boris (Flashback); Dr. Doom's father (Flashback)
Synopsis
Diablo hold Valeria hostage and tries to force Dr. Doom into becoming his partner.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber plotted,(likely) dialogued and pencilled approximately the first half of the story when he had to bow out. Roy plotted and wrote the second half, with Frank Giacoia penciling. It appears that Lieber wrote and drew pages 1-11; with Thomas scripting and Giacoia penciling pages 12-24. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2013. Dr. Doom's appearance takes place between STRANGE TALES #167/FANTASTIC FOUR #84. Origin of Dr. Doom retold, this story is also reprinted in Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004) [black & white reprint, two page splash edited out].

The Road to Land's End (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Characters
Skrulls; Dr. Doom; Mole Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doctor Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. Part 1: Sub-Mariner Rising! [Encounter At Land's End!]
    Doctor Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. Part 2: In the Darkness Dwells Doom! [Encounter at Land's End!]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. Part 3: This Man...This Demon! [Encounter at Land's End!]
    Doctor Doom
  5. 4. The Road to Land's End
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore