Tales to Astonish #83

(September 1966)

The Sub-Mariner Strikes! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Namor's unforgettable battle with the invincible Iron Man, which you...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Krang (villain); Secret Empire (villains); Bill

Synopsis

Sub-Mariner and Krang battle over New York. When Sub-Mariner loses his memory at the end of the battle the Secret Empire convinces him that they are his friends.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #15 (22 July 1967), #16 (29 July 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #80 (9 de diciembre de 1967)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #244
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #21 (août 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #67 (1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #38 (September 1973) [with pp. 2, 4 of original story omitted]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #12 ([Juni] 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)

Keywords

amnesia; fleet destroyer (fission bomb); sonic vortex ray

Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked-Up to Confuse and Confound You! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Less than Monster, More than Man! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

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

Inks

Bill Everett (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captured by the astounding power of Boomerang, Betty Ross is rescued from him by the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Hulk has saved Betty from the Boomerang but Ross thinks he has kidnapped his daughter so he sends the whole force of gamma base after the jade giant. While the miltary is distracted with their Hulk hunt, Boomerang tries once again to capture the Orion missile.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #27
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #75 (8 July 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #80 (9 de diciembre de 1967)
• in X-Mannen Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #22 (1973)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #34 (May 26, 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #38 (September 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)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1
• in De verbijsterende Hulk (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #32 (1982)
• 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)

Keywords

Orion missile

Indexer Notes

Pencil credits altered by Mark Evanier, via the GCD Errors list, August 2009. Original indexer had only Kirby.

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, When I first looked at the last panel in the Hulk story in Astonish #79, I laughed.

Characters

Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Henry Bergman, Richard Carlson, J. R. Reyes, and Bob Schmitt; M.M.M.S. membership order form; promo for the next issue.