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Issue: Tales to Astonish #79

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Publication Date: May 1966

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Issues: #79 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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Price: 10.0 pence GBQ 0-0-10

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Stan Lee

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Format

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

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Tales to Astonish #79 [U.S. Cover Price]

Tales to Astonish #79 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Titan and the Torment!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hercules

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Pages: 1

When Rises the Behemoth

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Lord Vashti; Puppet Master [Phillip Masters] (villain); Warlord Krang (villain); Behemoth (villain)

First Line: He's in position!

Synopsis: Little realizing that he is under the control of the Puppet Master, the Army tries to capture Namor for robbing a bank. After being shot in the arm, Namor seeks the healing power of water and winds up in the Hudson River. There he encounters Lady Dorma who has come to the surface world to retrieve him as the Behemoth has awakened and is menacing Atlantis. Namor breaks the Puppet Master's hold and returns to his undersea kingdom. Krang contacts the Puppet Master and commands that he make one of his special puppets of someone else.

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Naturally Nifty, Newsy, Nondescript Nonsense About Our Nutty Non-Entities!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

First Line: It could only happen to a Marvel mag!

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Pages: 1

Notes: How About That!; Didja Know?; Strictly Personal; Dept. of Utter Confusion!; The Wrap-Up; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!; entry form for the M.M.M.S.

The Titan and the Torment!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hulk

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hercules; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Doctor Konrad Zaxon (villain, death)

First Line: You're doomed, you brainless brute!

Synopsis: Zaxon tries to sap the power of the Hulk for his own nefarious ends but ends up getting himself killed in the process. Free once again, the Hulk rips up some train tracks to throw at pesky fighter jets and wouldn't you know that Hercules just happens to be riding in the oncoming locomotive. Hulk and Herc battle to a standstill before the jade giant leaps off to fight another day.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner

First Line: Dear Stan, I've been reading your magazines for about seven years and I've...

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Notes: Letters from James Poe, Richard Katz, Peter Liepa, Mike Peppe, Don Dagenais, and Robert Zeller. Includes an image from an earlier issue.