Tales to Astonish #97

(November 1967)

The Sovereign and the Savages (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Werner Roth (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as L. P. Gregory)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are a fool, Plunderer, to think that these seething bands...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Lord Vashti; Swamp Men; Plunderer [Edgar Plunder] (villain); Ka-Zar (cameo, flashback); Zabu (saber-toothed cat, cameo, flashback) ; X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast; Iceman; Angel] (cameo, flashback); Logar

Synopsis

Namor is on Skull Island in the Savage Land as a prisoner of the Plunderer. The villain tries to entice the Sub-Mariner into becoming his partner in world conquest by trying to impress him with his powerful vibra-gun constructed from Plunderstone (the Savage Land's version of vibranium). When the local Swamp Men attack, Namor is freed and the Plunderer's base begins to burn to the ground. Namor escapes from the inferno but not in time to stop the Plunderer from escaping in his powerful submarine. The villain decides to attack Atlantis in retribution for all of the trouble Namor has caused him.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1975 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #75
• in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #238
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #55 (15 Maggio 1973)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #43 (août 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #33, #34 (Mai 1975), #35
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #52 (September 1975) [minus 4 pages]
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]

Keywords

Antarctica; Plunderstone; Savage Land; Skull Island; vibra-gun

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Marvel Madness! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Legions of: The Living Lightning (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Marie Severin (credited)

Inks

Herb Trimpe (credited)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as L. P. Gregory)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Leaping into the air, via the most powerful legs in all the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Glenn Talbot; Thunderbolt Ross; Lord of the Living Lightning (villain); Betty Ross (cameo, photo)

Synopsis

The Hulk rescues a downed pilot and ends up being captured and brainwashed by a subversive militia group known as the Living Lightning.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1975 (1968)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #72 (29 June 1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #75
• in De machtige Thor Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #8 (1972)
• in Hit Comics Thor (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #208
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #41 (July 14, 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #39 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #52 (September 1975)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (82559-3) (January 1979)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #2 (2001) [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) #3 - The Leader Lives (2018)

Indexer Notes

At the end of the Hulk segment in Tales to Astonish #96, the High Evolutionary sets everything back to normal, as if it never happened, which results in the Hulk returning to Earth at the start of this story.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, I became a Marvel connoisseur over two years ago while...

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brian Merbaum, Roderick McNair, and John Kunz. Includes image from a previous issue and M.M.M.S. membership form.