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Issue: Tales to Astonish #97
Publication Date: November 1967
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Issues: #97 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1967
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Legion of the Living Lightning!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #41 published July 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #52 published September 1975
as The Legion of the Living Lightning! [Illustration on Cover, Front]with inking modifications on the Hulk figure and recolored
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #2 published January 2001
as The Legion Of The Living Lightning! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as Tales to Astonish #97 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sovereign and the Savages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): 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
First Line: You are a fool, Plunderer, to think that these seething bands...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #55 published May 1973
as Il sovrano ed i selvaggi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Spinne #34 published May 1975
as Der Herrscher und die Wilden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #52 published September 1975
as The Sovereign and the Savages [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 4 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Marvel Madness!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]
First Line: Here's the scoop you've been waiting for!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Includes letters by Robert Lax and Wayne Nehwadowich.
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The Legions of: The Living Lightning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Incredible Hulk
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Glenn Talbot; Thunderbolt Ross; Lord of the Living Lightning (villain); Betty Ross (cameo, photo)
First Line: Leaping into the air, via the most powerful legs in all the...
Synopsis: The Hulk rescues a downed pilot and ends up being captured and brainwashed by a subversive militia group known as the Living Lightning.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #52 published September 1975
as The Legions of: The Living Lightning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #2 (82559-3) published January 1979
as The Legions of: The Living Lightning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #2 published January 2001
as The Legions Of: The Living Lightning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as The Legions of: The Living Lightning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose 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.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]
First Line: Dear Stan, I became a Marvel connoisseur over two years ago while...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Brian Merbaum, Roderick McNair, and John Kunz. Includes image from a previous issue and M.M.M.S. membership form.

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