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Issue: Sub-Mariner Special #1
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/18/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Actual indicia title is "The Sub-Mariner". On-sale date from retailer's stamp or markings as visible on cover or back cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Quest of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Krang; Dorma
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Pages: 1
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The Start of the Quest!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; King Neptune (flashback); Warlord Krang
Synopsis: Namor returns to Atlantis to find that Warlord Krang has taken his throne. When he spurns the affections of Lady Dorma, she turns him in and he is arrested by Krang as a traitor. Realizing that the only thing that will allow him to regain his kingdom and his subjects is the Trident of Neptune, Namor escapes to go and recover it.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #70 published August 1965
was The Start of the Quest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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2 More Triumphs from Marvel

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Character(s): Spider-Man; Vulture; Chameleon; Joe; Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]]; X-Men [Angel; Cyclops; Iceman; Beast; Marvel Girl]; Professor X; Lucifer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Spider-Man Annual #7 and X-Men Annual #1 reprinting their covers.
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Escape...to Nowhere!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Warlord Krang; Seaweed Man; King Neptune (cameo)
Synopsis: Namor heads into the Forbidden Deeps as he continues his quest for Neptune's Trident. Krang sends Seaweed Man to stop him. Meanwhile, back in Atlantis, the natives are beginning to get restless under Krang's iron rule.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #71 [unnamed variant] published September 1965
was Escape... to Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Greetings from the mighty Sub-Mariner!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Images of Namor and Lady Dorma taken from various issues of Tales To Astonish.
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A Prince There Was!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dorma; Krang, Seaweed Man; Zantor; Faceless Ones (cameos)
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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #72 [unnamed variant] published October 1965
was A Prince There Was! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Mighty Marvel Checklist

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #104, Spider-Man #90, Avengers #81, Thor #181, Captain America #131, Hulk #133, Daredevil #69, Iron Man #31, Sub-Mariner #31, Amazing Adventures #3, Tower of Shadows #8, Sgt. Fury #81, Special Marvel Edition #1, Incredible Hulk King-Size #3, Avengers King-Size #4, Sub-Mariner King-Size #1, Captain America King-Size #1, Thor King-Size #3, Silver Surfer #18, Conan the Barbarian #1, Spoof #1, Astonishing Tales #2, and Chamber of Darkness #7.
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Be a Marvel Expert!

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Feature(s): Marvelmania
Character(s): Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Marvelmania magazine.
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Remember Me?

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New illustration of a young Sub-Mariner.
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By Force of Arms!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma; The Demon of the Diamonds; Warlord Krang; Faceless Ones (cameos)
Synopsis: Neptune sends a group of electric eels to help Namor defeat the Demon of the Diamonds. Learning that Dorma has been exiled to the land of the Faceless Ones, Namor heads off to rescue her. Back in Atlantis, the citizens begin an active revolt against Krang.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #73 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was By Force of Arms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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As ruler of the undersea kingdom of atlantis...

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: images of Sub-Mariner taken from various issues of Tales To Astonish.
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Imperious Rex!!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: image taken from the splash page of Iron-Man story in Tales of Suspense # 80, August 1966.

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