(October 1971)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-07-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co., Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

A House Named-- Death! (Table of Contents)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Namor the Sub-Mariner; Tacker
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #42 Cover Thumbnail for Sub-Mariner (1968 series) #42 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

And a House Whose Name... Is Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited)
Job Number
706-Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lucille; Karl Serr; Aunt Serr; Starkburg Monsters [Tacker; Pops; Spike; others]; Diane Arliss; Walter Newell [Stingray]; Stephen Tuval (villain); Mrs. Grant; Final Sons of Man [Father; Son] (introduction); Mr. Kline (mentioned); Llyra (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Namor meets the inhabitants of Starkburg, who have been transformed into monsters by Aunt Serr. After a strange visitation by beings from the future, Namor and Lucille, along with Aunt Serr’s victims, put an end to the madwoman’s plans.
Reprints
Keywords
Boston; Starkburg; The Burning Claw; The Crippled Horse; Upstate New York

Indexer Notes

* The Final Sons of Man next appear in Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #84.
* See Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #79-84 and Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #41-45 for the Mr. Kline story arc.
* Lucille calls Aunt Serr "mother" in one panel.

Out Cold! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

International Correspondence Schools / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

The Mighty Marvel Checklist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[Steranko Posters] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvelmania Posters / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Send It to Subby / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Colors
? (title panel background only)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dale Shuman, David Tinis, and Mark Gruenwald (future comic writer).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A House Named-- Death!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. ["Look over 400 crazy labels"]
    Johnson Smith Company
  3. 2. And a House Whose Name... Is Death!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. Out Cold!
    International Correspondence Schools
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. [Steranko Posters]
    Marvelmania Posters
  7. 6. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales
  8. 7. ["Secret muscle-building 'Tools'"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  9. 8. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  10. 9. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  11. 10. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  12. 11. ["Too skinny?"]
  13. 12. ["Train at home for a big income career in accounting"]
  14. 13. ["Monster s-i-z-e monsters"]
    Honor House Products
  15. 14. ["Hey fellow! Which would you rather have… neat prizes… or extra spending money?"]
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. ["While the cat’s away, the Bullpen will play!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Send It to Subby
  18. 17. ["We'd like to test your art talent before somebody messes it up."]
  19. 18. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
  20. 19. ["Do you need extra money?"]
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