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Issue: Sub-Mariner Comics #23
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #23 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Manvis Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/19/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Shark Strikes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; the Shark
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo, February 2017. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.
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The Shark Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Shark (villain, introduction); Betty Dean
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: R-526
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

Inks previously credited as Bill Everett ?, but they are typical of his style.
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Trophies of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Enrico Laredo; Laredo’s butler; Spectacles (villain, introduction); Spectacles' gang; coin collector (villain)
Synopsis: Namora wins a swimming contest but the criminal known as “Spectacles" steals her silver trophy. While trying to get it back, Namora and Namor learn that the famous silversmith Enrico Laredo is missing. A clue in the Daily Bugle leads them to Rolland Galleries where they find Spectacles selling some rare coins to a shady collector. Spectacles escapes but the coins he leaves behind turn out to be exceptional counterfeits — except that each one contains Spectacles' address, where Namor and Namora apprehend the criminals and free Laredo.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: 1658
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Marked Money

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: SL-854
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Reptile's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch; Toro; Chloe; Gus; Colonel Jackson; The Reptile (villain; introduction); Webster (introduction)
Synopsis: The Torch & Toro reminisce about a previous case. On a rich estate in the Louisiana Bayou, Webster warns away Gus for "molesting" his fiancee Chloe. But on their wedding day, a creature called The Reptile begins a reign of terror and murder, warning all to abandon the estate. Answering Chloe's telegram, the Torch and Toro investigate, and find that it's not all as obvious as it seems.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #3 published January 1975
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Pages: 7
Job Number: SL-1571

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