Tales to Astonish
#77
[British]
(March 1966)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 10d [0-0-10 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #77.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #77.
"Bruce Banner Is the Hulk!"
Hulk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones
- Reprints
-
in Super X [Príncipe Submarino / O Incrível Hulk] (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1967 series) #4 -
in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #57 (17 de junio de 1967) -
in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #23 ([November 1975]) -
in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white] - in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004), #2 [Regular Edition] ([December] 2004)
- in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([February] 2012), #2 ([February] 2012)
- in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Namor, the Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - The Quest Begins (2022)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023), #3 (26) - Less than Monster, More than Man [Direct] (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover pencils credit changed to Jack Kirby by Mark Evanier, who says (via the GCD Errors list, August 2009) "As far as I know, Kirby never did layouts at Marvel for a cover where someone else did the pencils." Original indexer had "Jack Kirby (layouts); John Romita (pencils)."
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To Walk Amongst Men!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I must inform the Royal Council of my decision to return to the surface world!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Henry Pym [Giant Man]; Janet Van Dyne [Wasp]; Lady Dorma; Vashti the Elder
- Synopsis
- When earthquakes rock Atlantis, Namor heads to the surface to find out what is causing the mayhem. What he finds is a giant drill being utilized by Hank Pym as he searches for clues to the origins of life on Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #8 (3 June 1967) - in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #57 (17 de junio de 1967)
- in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #230
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #20 (juillet 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #32 (September 1972)
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #7 ([April] 1974) [Seite 1-9], #8 ([April] 1974) [Seite 10-12]
- 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)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Namor, the Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - The Quest Begins (2022)
-
The Latest Gossip, Gags, and Gizmos from Your Bullpen to You!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
Bruce Banner Is the Hulk!
Hulk / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita) (pencils)
- Inks
- John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back, you brainless gargoyle!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Glenn Talbot; Executioner [Skurge] (villain); King Arrkam (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Hulk and the Executioner battle for the fate of the future earth and once the Asgardian is defeated, the Hulk returns back to his own time. Hounded by the military and thinking that Banner and the Hulk are dead, Rick tells Talbot the secret of the Hulk's alter ego.
- Reprints
- in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #57 (17 de junio de 1967)
- in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #232
- in Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (Marvel, 1968 series) #4 (January 1972)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #30 (April 28, 1973)
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #36 (août 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #23 ([November 1975])
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004)
- in Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([February] 2012)
- in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
- in Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Hulk : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1964-1966 (août 2021)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)
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Indexer Notes
The story offers little in the way of explanation as to exactly why an immortal from Asgard is trying to conquer the future earth.
[no title indexed]
Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Talk about surprises!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Peter Mancuso, Patrick Draine, Michael Arden, Dan Leo, and Andy Booth. Includes a house ad for Fantasy Masterpieces #1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
"Bruce Banner Is the Hulk!"
Hulk -
1.
To Walk Amongst Men!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
2.
The Latest Gossip, Gags, and Gizmos from Your Bullpen to You!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
Bruce Banner Is the Hulk!
Hulk -
4.
["Talk about surprises!"]
Mails to Astonish
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- Steve Coates
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