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)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

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.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers

"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)

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

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: 4)

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

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: 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)

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

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: 7)

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

Script
Stan Lee (soapbox); ?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[various ads] (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
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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]
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  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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