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Issue: Sub-Mariner #41
Publication Date: September 1971
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Issues: #41 of 72 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/01/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#43)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #102 published March 1975 as Colui che il cielo distruggerebbe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #6 [unnamed variant] published January 2015
FlagNamor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection #4 published January 2024
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Whom the Sky Would Destroy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Rock
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Look over 400 crazy labels
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover
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Whom the Sky Would Destroy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lucile; Diane Arliss; Dr. Walter Newell [Stingray]; Senator Craig Winters; Aunt Serr; Frank Serr (dead, mentioned); Rock [Karl Serr]; the People of the Black Sea [Stephen Tuval]; Lady Dorma (dream); Llyra (dream)
Synopsis: Aunt Serr and the Rock capture Namor and imprison him. Senator Winters tells Walter and Diane that he'll try to get a pardon for Namor. Aunt Serr orders Lucile to kill Namor.
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In Issue: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #102 published March 1975
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Pages: 19
Job Number: 645-Z
Disclose Notes: Senator Winters is fictitious. The real-life senators at the time were Jacob K. Javits and James L. Buckley.

The Serr House was an Underground Railroad station during the early to mid-19th century.
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Out Cold!

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Character(s): Jack Lewis; Nancy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 3 and 4.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Checklist of Marvel comics "now on sale."
On top half of page between story pages 6 & 7.
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Never Before Seen!!

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Feature(s): Marvelmania
Character(s): Hulk; Spider-Man (cameo); Kraven (cameo); Kingpin (cameo); The Rhino (cameo); The Lizard (cameo); Red Skull (cameo); Shocker (cameo); Mysterio (cameo); Prowler (cameo); John Romita (caricature); Herb Trimpe (caricature)
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for portfolios of unpublished art by John Romita and Herb Trimpe. Cost is $2.50 each or both for $4.00 from Marvelmania, Dept. AP, PO Box 718, Culver City, Calif. 90230.
On lower half of page between story pages 6 & 7.
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First Line: Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc. soliciting salespeople for greeting cards.
Appears between story pages 6 and 7.
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Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger; Joe Weider
First Line: Joe Weider creates the strong arm method!
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Between story pages 9 and 10.
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First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
Between story pages 12 and 13.
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Polaris Nuclear Sub

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a (cardboard) sub over 7 feet long, big enough for 2 kids, from Honor House Products.

Ad located on top half of page between story pages 14 and 15.
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First Line: These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for free "Drafting Career Kit".
Between story pages 14 and 15, on lower half of page.
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First Line: Too skinny?
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 15 and 16.
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First Line: Train at home for a big income career in accounting
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 16 and 17.
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Character(s): Thug; Wallace K. Reumann
First Line: Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for karate books and paraphernalia from Precise Publications, located on top half of page.
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First Line: Boys! Earn $1 to $6 a week sell Grit in your spare time (earn big prizes too)
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Disclose Notes: Comics-form ad to sell Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co, located on lower half of page.
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Character(s): Captain America (cameo)
First Line: Indisputably irrelevant items of incontestably lasting inconsequence!
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Disclose Notes: Stan's Soapbox celebrates the 100th issue of Spider-Man. The Bullpen is working on an art exhibit for Emerson College in Boston. Barry Smith has drawn an illustration for "The Second Illustrated Beatles Lyrics." Stan's wife Joanie made a visit to England, and, due to the U. S. mail strike that was then in effect, brought back art from Barry Smith and material from the band Icarus, which is completing a Marvel album. Sal Amendola is the newest addition to the production staff. Gerry Conway went to the west coast to confer with Harlan Ellison on a "secret project." John Romita has just bought a Mercedes. Scholastic's NewsTime edition had an article on the latest Spider-Man issues. Stan was interviewed on ABC-TV's Eyewitness News. There was also a mention of Marvel in the In the Know section of Look magazine and an article in the New York Times about Spider-Man. Spot illustration of Captain America on a motorcycle. At the bottom of the page is the large Marvel logo with 11 headshots.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from W.P. Mills and Steven Utley.

Includes a list of the "ranks of marveldom", which are as follows: R.F.O. (Real Frantic One), T.T.B. (Titanic True Believer), Q.N.S. (Quite 'Nuff Sayer), K.O.F. (Keeper Of the Flame), P.M.M. (Permanent Marvelite Maximus) and F.F.F. (Fearless Front-Facer).
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First Line: We'd like to test your art talent before somebody messes it up.
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First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Cheerful Card Company.

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