Tales to Astonish #87

(January 1967)

Moment of Truth! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Bill Everett (credited); Marie Severin ? (see notes)

Inks

Bill Everett (credited); Frank Giacoia (see notes); Dick Ayers (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dorma and the unspeakable Warlord Krang have been captured by the surfacemen!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dorma; Lord Vashti; Krang (villain)

Synopsis

Namor brings Krang and Dorma back to Atlantis to face judgment. To settle the question of leadership once and for all, Namor decides to battle Krang in front of his assembled subjects. So his extraordinary powers do not give him an unfair advantage, Namor battles unarmed while Krang is permitted to use any weapons that he chooses. Even armed to the teeth, Krang is unable to defeat the avenging son. Namor imprisons Krang in the deepest depths of the ocean while Dorma is restored to his favor.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #20 (26 August 1967) [Black and white.]
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1943 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #43
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #97 (20 de abril de 1968)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #21 (août 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #50 (20 Febbraio 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #42 (March 1974) [with pgs 8 and 11 of original story omitted]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #16 ([August] 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

New York City; Sanctum of Science

Indexer Notes

A number of uncredited artists are involved in this story, providing alterations, additional art and inking, starting on page 5. Frank Giacoia appears to have inked most of pages 5-6 and part of page 11. Marie Severin redrew the figure of Krang from page 6 on and Dick Ayers inked the majority of pages 7-12. Info per Nick Caputo, September 2014.

Issues 87-91 feature Bill Everett's art.

Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Preposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Humanoid and the Hero! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey D.)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Artie S.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Created by the now-dead Leader to be stronger than the Hulk, the most powerful...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Hulk-Killer Humanoid (villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Gorki (villain)

Synopsis

The Hulk battles the Leader's Hulk-Killer Humanoid as Ross and his cronies learn that they sent the deadly android after the jade giant for all the wrong reasons. Boomerang gets a new costume.

Reprints

• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #79 (5 August 1967), #80 (12 August 1967)
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1943 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #43
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #97 (20 de abril de 1968)
• in Edderkoppen (Williams, 1973 series) #3/1973 (1973) [7 pages]
• in X-Mannen Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #24 (1973)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #36 (June 9, 1973)
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #86 (16 agosto 1973)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #42 (March 1974)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #38 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #29 ([Mai 1976])
• in Hulk pocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (82559-3) (January 1979)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 (septembre 1982)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• 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 Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)

Keywords

Manhattan

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, You've got so many evil secret organizations running around that Bond, Solo, Flint, and Smart couldn't...

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from B. Norrick, M. Vanston, and Doug Kaye; M.M.M.S. membership entry form.