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Issue: Tales to Astonish #85
Publication Date: November 1966
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Issues: #85 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: 08/02/1966
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 1966 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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Original Artwork
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The Missile and the Monster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #89 published February 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #40 published November 1973
as The Missile and the Monster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #130 published March 1975
as Nothing Can Stop the Hulk! [Illustration on Cover, Front]retouched by Mike Esposito
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Tales to Astonish #85 [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 #85 [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 #85 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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-- And One Shall Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Krang; Secret Empire; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Lady Dorma
First Line: Thinking his deadly power blast has destroyed Prince Namor, Warlord Krang triumphantly rockets away without a...
Synopsis: Namor wanders around New York, completely ignoring the commands of the leader of the Secret Empire who is trying to get him to help in a battle with the Incredible Hulk.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #18 published August 1967
as --And One Shall Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white. Some captions rewritten.
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #89 published February 1968
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #49 published February 1973
as E uno morirà! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #40 published November 1973
as And One Shall Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]with pp. 6, 7 of original story omitted
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as --And One Shall Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Sensational Secrets and Incredible Inside Information, Guilelessly Guaranteed to Avail You Naught!

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: Instead of talking about us for a change, we wanna talk about you!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
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The Missile and the Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Gorki
First Line: Like a beast at bay, the rampaging Hulk finds himself alone in the concrete canyons of...
Synopsis: When Ross activates the new Orion missile for a test, foreign spy Gorki activates a machine in the trunk of a car he commissioned Rick Jones to drive to New York and the missile changes course for the heart of the city. The Hulk intercepts the missile but changes to Banner before he can stop it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #89 published February 1968
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #40 published November 1973
as The Missile and the Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #2 (82559-3) published January 1979
as The Missile and the Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published January 1980
as Das Monster und die Rakete [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as The Missile and the Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as The Missile and the Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Some of the Hulk faces appear to be either stats or touch-ups by Bill Everett. Simek lettering on pages 8-10.
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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]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
First Line: Dear Stan, I originally was going to write to Marvel to join the MMMS, but I thought I would...
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: Letters from Gary Buchanan Jr, Marty Nelson, and Bill Reynolds. Images taken from earlier issues. Also includes entry form for the M.M.M.S. and a promo for the next issue.

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