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Issue: Marvel Super-Heroes #55

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Publication Date: January 1976

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Issues: #55 of 94 Issues (134 Printings)

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Variant: 30¢ Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: none entered

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
10 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Marv Wolfman; Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: squarebound (#12-31); saddle-stitched (#32-105)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Marvel Super-Heroes #55 [25¢ Cover Price]

Marvel Super-Heroes #55 [30¢ Cover Price]

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Content Items (10 total)

Where Walk the Immortals!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Marie Severin; John Romita ? (alterations)

Inker(s): Syd Shores; Frank Giacoia; John Romita ? (alterations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Sam Rosen; Danny Crespi (new lettering)

Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hulk

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

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: cover is a combination of Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia (who drew the Hulk) and Jack Kirby and Syd Shores (Asgardians and backgrounds). There are further alterations on the Hulk's face, possibly by John Romita, in this version.

Now you can fly a plane the first time you try.

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers

"Where Walk the Immortals!"

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee

Penciller(s): Marie Severin

Inker(s): Frank Giacoia

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Sam Rosen

Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Incredible Hulk

Character(s): Hulk; Heimdall; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]

Synopsis: Loki pulls the Hulk to Asgard to fight his father's forces. The Hulk battles the Warriors Three but in a moment of rare clarity, they discover that the jade giant is not really their enemy and refuse Loki's invitation to finish him off. Angered by his failure, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Page 7 of the original story is omitted.

various ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Various ads scattered in the Hulk story: Slim Jim snacks; Big Jim's P.A.C.K.; U.S. School of Music (just 1-page ads mentioned here)

Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976

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

Credits

Penciller(s): John Romita?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for the trade paperback Son of Origins (Marvel, 1975 series) and The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976. Page is between pages of the Hulk story.

"...And Evil Shall Beckon!"

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Archie Goodwin

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Dan Adkins

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Artie Simek

Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner; Destiny; Dorma; Warlord Seth

Synopsis: The Atlanteans abandon the second Atlantis. Namor goes to the Antarctic and find Destiny hidden below the ice.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: NOTE 1: First hint of Destiny, soon to be a major foe. NOTE 2: Pages 4 and 5 of the original story are omitted.

various ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 4

Notes: Various ads scattered in the Sub-Mariner story: The Zane Grey Library; North American School of Drafting; Grit Publishing CO; Joe Weider

An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?; Stan Lee (soapbox)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

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Pages: 1

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Irv Watanabe

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker

Synopsis: When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel Comics.

various ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Notes: Advertisement for Superhero Merchandise; Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp.; Ideal Toy Corporation