(November 1988)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1988-07-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

A Fiftieth Anniversary series recapping the career of Namor the Sub-Mariner.
Copyright © 1988 by Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
On sale date from Amazing Heroes #146.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

See the Death of Atlantis ...and the Birth of a Legend! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed as R. F. Buckler)
Inks
Rich Buckler (signed as R. F. Buckler)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Cover Thumbnail for Saga of the Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1988 series) #1
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A Legend A-Borning (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
Michael Higgins
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Paul Destine; Krang; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Ikthon; Princess Fen; Leonard McKenzie; Thakorr
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The story of the sinking of Atlantis and its foundation as an undersea empire. Centuries later sailor Leonard McKenzie romances Princess Fen, leading to the birth of their son Namor.
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Keywords
Atlantis

Indexer Notes

Retells the origin of the Sub-Mariner

Subby, Bill, and Me: A Personal View (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Indexer Notes

Recaps the various interpretations of Namor

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. See the Death of Atlantis ...and the Birth of a Legend!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. A Legend A-Borning
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. Subby, Bill, and Me: A Personal View
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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