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Issue: Tales to Astonish #72
Publication Date: October 1965
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Issues: #72 of 101 Issues (177 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: 07/01/1965
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 1965 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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In19
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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A Prince There Was!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Warlord Krang; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #38 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #3 published April 1967
as A Prince There Was! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Tales to Astonish #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as Tales to Astonish #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as Tales to Astonish #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Banner/Hulk vignette by Jack Kirby.
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A Prince There Was!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Warlord Krang (villain), Seaweed Man (villain); Zantor (villain); Faceless Ones (cameos)
First Line: I grow weaker by the minute!
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner continues his quest for The Trident of Neptune. Sub-Mariner escapes a seaweed menace only to succumb to the stupifying brillance of the Diamonds of Doom. Back in Atlantis, Krang is fed up with Lady Dorma rebuffing his advances and has her teleported into exile to the land of the Faceless Ones.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #38 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #3 published April 1967
as A Prince There Was! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSub-Mariner Special #1 published January 1971
as A Prince There Was! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpindelmannen #1/1978 published January 1978
as Jakten [Story on Interior Page(s)]"A Prince There Was"
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #1/1978 published January 1978
as Det var en gang en prins [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 1 page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as A Prince There Was! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page!
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
First Line: The whole country is going "t-shirt wild," and if you've already received yours, you'll know why!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for for a Hulk t-shirt and for a stationery kit.
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Within the Monster Dwells a Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Rick Jones; Leader [Samuel Sterns] (villain); Humanoids (villains)
First Line: Let's get up to our epic episode fast... Trapped in his cave hideout by an...
Synopsis: The Hulk finally agrees to follow the Leader and the big-brained one teleports him out just as Ross destroys Banner's old underground complex. The Leader and the Hulk get to know each other a little better but the jade giant struggles with trying not to change back to Banner as he is still plagued with a bullet in his head that would kill his alter ego.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #[nn] published January 1978
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #38 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIncredible Hulk [King Size Special] #3 published January 1971
as Within the Monster Dwells a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Within the Monster Dwells a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2004
as Within the Monster Dwells a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as Within the Monster Dwells a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: By the time our next ish goes to press, we'll have received your letters of...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Gregory Kerekes; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and M.M.M.S. membership form.

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