(November 1973)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #99.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This day -- for once and for always --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (inset); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (inset); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (inset); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (inset)
Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Triton; Atlanteans
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita inker credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mike Esposito.

Seawinds of Change! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank Bolle (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
Charlotte Jetter (credited as C. Jetter)

Job Number
1652 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At his back -- a cliffside of jagged coral!
Feature Logo
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Ariel; Ibbar; Kabal; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Orka; Tamara Rahn; She-Beast; Triton; Damon Walthers (death?); Clayton Wilson (as a man named Taylor); Wyatt Wingfoot; Zargus (death); Atlanteans
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
While the Atlanteans are being poisoned, Sub-Mariner gets a new costume.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This issue respectfully dedicated to the late Bill Everett. Some character information from marvel.fandom.com.

"A Message from The Bullpen:" (Table of Contents: 2)

Send It to Subby / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

A behind-the-scene peek at the series' direction. Namor's new costume revealed to have been designed by John Romita.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Supernatural Thrillers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This day -- for once and for always --"]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. Seawinds of Change!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. "A Message from The Bullpen:"
    Send It to Subby
  4. 3. ["The Headless Horseman Rides Again"]
    Supernatural Thrillers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore