Marvel Super-Heroes #55 [25¢]
(January 1976)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 7 times a year
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Marv Wolfman (editor); Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)

Where Walk the Immortals! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby; Marie Severin; John Romita ? (see notes)
Inks
Syd Shores; Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Danny Crespi (new lettering)
Editing
Stan Lee (original)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Asgardians
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is a combination of Severin/Giacoia on the Hulk and Kirby/Shores on Asgardians. This version includes further alterations on The Hulk's face, likely by Romita/Esposito.

Now you can fly a plane the first time you try. (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Where Walk the Immortals!" (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Editing
Stan Lee (original)

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

Indexer Notes

Page 7 of the original story is omitted.

[various ads] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

[Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

"...And Evil Shall Beckon!" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Namor the 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

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: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[various ads] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where Walk the Immortals!
    Hulk
  2. 1. Now you can fly a plane the first time you try.
  3. 2. "Where Walk the Immortals!"
    Hulk
  4. 3. [various ads]
  5. 4. [Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976]
  6. 5. "...And Evil Shall Beckon!"
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  7. 6. [various ads]
  8. 7. An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID
    Bullpen Bulletins
  9. 8. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  10. 9. [various ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore