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Issue: Tales to Astonish #90

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Publication Date: April 1967

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Issues: #90 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: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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 #90 [U.S. Cover Price]

Tales to Astonish #90 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (6 total)

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Pages: 1

To Be Beaten by Byrrah!

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; Byrrah (villain)

First Line: For years I have lived in the Sub-Mariner's shadow--ever biding my time--!

Synopsis: Namor's cousin wins the favor of the populace of Atlantis as well as the Atlantean council by belittling the regime of the Sub-Mariner as violent and unstable. He challenges Namor to single combat for the right to rule and no one is more surprised than the avenging son when his powers desert him during the fight and Byrrah handily wins.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Byrrah, Namor's cousin, is re-introduced from the continuity of the 1950's.

Pages 10-12 have uncredited art/corrections by Marie Severin with inking likely by John Tartaglione.

A Batty Barrage of Bombastic Bulletins; Burstin' with Bi-Partisan Banter, Bare-Faced Banality, and Unabashed Bull!

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

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Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]

First Line: The Marvel Super-Heroes Show on TV is seen in far-off Australia, Japan, Uruguay, Canada...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Didja Know?; The Wrap-Up!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!

The Abomination!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (villain, introduction, origin); The Stranger (cameo)

First Line: Hulk must smash...

Synopsis: The Stranger leaves earth with the rampaging Hulk left behind to wreak destruction on his behalf. Turning back into his alter ego, Banner surrenders himself to Gamma base and tries to kill himself with radiation to stop the Hulk's destruction. Stopped before he can use his gamma machine, the machine is instead used by a foreign spy who is transformed into the Abomination. More powerful than even the Hulk, Abomination beats the jade giant down and kidnaps Betty as he escapes from the base.

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Pages: 10

Notes: A note within the story states that "gamma rays affect everyone they touch in a different manner!" Hence, the difference in abilities between the Hulk, the Leader, and the Abomination.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]

First Line: Dear Stan, The character that I am thinking about is the Sub-Mariner.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Bobby Stewart, Bill Mantlo (future comics writer), Charlie Gregor, Scott Planeta; images from earlier issues; M.M.M.S. membership order form.