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Issue: Tales to Astonish #87
Publication Date: January 1967
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Issues: #87 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/11/1966
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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Disclose Reprinted In18
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hulk-Killer Humanoid
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #97 published April 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #86 published August 1973
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #42 published March 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Tales to Astonish #87 [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 #87 [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 #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for Marvel heroes appearing on TV is featured on the side of a building; the ad displays the faces of Captain America, Hulk, Namor, Thor, and Iron Man.
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Moment of Truth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dorma; Lord Vashti; Krang (villain)
First Line: Dorma and the unspeakable Warlord Krang have been captured by the surfacemen!
Synopsis: Namor brings Krang and Dorma back to Atlantis to face judgment. To settle the question of leadership once and for all, Namor decides to battle Krang in front of his assembled subjects. So his extraordinary powers do not give him an unfair advantage, Namor battles unarmed while Krang is permitted to use any weapons that he chooses. Even armed to the teeth, Krang is unable to defeat the avenging son. Namor imprisons Krang in the deepest depths of the ocean while Dorma is restored to his favor.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #97 published April 1968
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #50 published February 1973
as Il momento della verità! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #42 published March 1974
as Moment of Truth [Story on Interior Page(s)]with pgs 8 and 11 of original story omitted
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as Moment of Truth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: A number of uncredited artists are involved in this story, providing alterations, additional art and inking, starting on page 5. Frank Giacoia appears to have inked most of pages 5-6 and part of page 11; Marie Severin redrew the figure of Krang from page 6 on and Dick Ayers inked the majority of pages 7-12.
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Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Preposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]
First Line: It's a funny feeling writing these Bullpen pages - here's why - Smilin' Stan is typing these imperishable words on...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Letter by Neil Neches.

Stan Lee is credited in one of the "Items" for writing this Bullpen page.
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The Humanoid and the Hero!

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; Hulk-Killer Humanoid (villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Gorki (villain)
First Line: Created by the now-dead Leader to be stronger than the Hulk, the most powerful...
Synopsis: The Hulk battles the Leader's Hulk-Killer Humanoid as Ross and his cronies learn that they sent the deadly android after the jade giant for all the wrong reasons. Boomerang gets a new costume.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #97 published April 1968
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #86 published August 1973
as L'umanoide e l'eroe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #42 published March 1974
as The Humanoid and the Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #2 (82559-3) published January 1979
as The Humanoid and the Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published January 1980
as Der Humanoid und der Held [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as The Humanoid and the Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as The Humanoid and the Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]
First Line: Dear Stan, You've got so many evil secret organizations running around that Bond, Solo, Flint, and Smart couldn't...
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 B. Norrick, M. Vanston, and Doug Kaye; M.M.M.S. membership entry form.

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