Tales to Astonish #82

(August 1966)

The Power of Iron Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Smilin' Stan) (plot); Roy Thomas (credited as Rascally Roy) (script)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited as Gallant Gene) (pages 1-2, begun); Jack Kirby (credited as King Kirby) (pages 3-12, finished)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited as Darling Dick)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Adorable Arthur (Who??))

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I have returned, helpless one!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Logan

Synopsis

Namor and Iron Man beat up on each other. Namor abandons the battle when he spots the battle cruiser of Krang floating on the water nearby.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #13 (8 July 1967) [retitled], #14 (15 July 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #77 (18 de noviembre de 1967)
• in Iron Man Special (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (August 1970)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #37 (July 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002) [The removal of the "Adorable Arthur" credit and the changes in the artwork, all indicate that the reprint was not from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #82 (August 1966) as indicated but from Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 Series) #37 (July 1973).]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #11 ([Juni] 1974)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #113 (12 April 1975) [Pages 1-5, 8-12]
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #166 (5 octobre 1983)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 ([December] 2004) [black and white]
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2014)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)

Keywords

magno-volt projector

Indexer Notes

Continued from Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #80 (August 1966).

According to the credits, Kirby completed the artwork on this story after Colan caught the flu bug.

Items of Lasting Insignificance from the Four Corners of Marveldom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Talk about a blast!

Indexer Notes

Bulletins; The Wrap-Up!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Includes a letter by Jan Shpiegelman.

One of the "Bulletins" acknowledges that the inker Frankie Ray is actually Frank Giacoia.

The Battle Cry of the Boomerang! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Bill Everett (credited)

Inks

Bill Everett (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lying atop an ultra-powerful matter transmitter, far below the surface of Earth, in the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Secret Empire (villains)

Synopsis

The Hulk saves Betty from Boomerang and in so doing thwarts the initial plans of the Secret Empire in stealing the secret of the deadly Orion missile.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #27
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #74 (1 July 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #77 (18 de noviembre de 1967)
• in X-Mannen Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #21 (1973)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #34 (May 26, 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #37 (July 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #38 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk pocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979) [minus 1 page]
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mai 1982)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([January] 2006)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, I wish to thank you for moments of lucidity in the chaos that is the...

Characters

Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Midge McRae, Dexter Musgrove, Gregg Robinson, and Tom Maves; M.M.M.S. membership order form.