Marvel Super-Heroes #55

(January 1976)

Now you can fly a plane the first time you try. (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers

"Where Walk the Immortals!" (Table of Contents)

The Incredible Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Marie Severin

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Editing:

Stan Lee (original)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk; Heimdall; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]

Synopsis:

Loki pulls the Hulk to Asgard to fight his father's forces; The Hulk battles the Warriors Three but in a moment of rare clarity, they discover that the jade giant is not really their enemy and refuse Loki's invitation to finish him off; Angered by his failure, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #101 (March 1968)

Indexer Notes

Page 7 of the original story is omitted.

[various ads] (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Various ads scattered in the Hulk story: Slim Jim snacks; Big Jim's P.A.C.K.; U.S. School of Music (just 1-page ads mentioned here)

[Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

John Romita?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for the trade paperback Son of Origins (Marvel, 1975 series) and The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976. Page is between pages of the Hulk story.

"...And Evil Shall Beckon!" (Table of Contents)

Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

Gene Colan

Inks:

Dan Adkins

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Editing:

Stan Lee (original)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sub-Mariner; Destiny; Dorma; Warlord Seth

Synopsis:

The Atlanteans abandon the second Atlantis. Namor goes to the Antarctic and find Destiny hidden below the ice.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #101 (March 1968)

Indexer Notes

NOTE 1: First hint of Destiny, soon to be a major foe. NOTE 2: Pages 4 and 5 of the original story are omitted.

[various ads] (Table of Contents)

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Various ads scattered in the Sub-Mariner story: The Zane Grey Library; North American School of Drafting; Grit Publishing CO; Joe Weider

An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID (Table of Contents)

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Stan Lee (soapbox)

Letters:

typeset

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

?

Letters:

Irv Watanabe

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker

Synopsis:

When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel Comics.

[various ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Superhero Merchandise; Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp.; Ideal Toy Corporation