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Issue: Tales to Astonish #87

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Publication Date: January 1967

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Issues: #87 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.

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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 #87 [U.S. Cover Price]

Tales to Astonish #87 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hulk-Killer Humanoid

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: An ad for Marvel heroes appearing on TV is featured on the side of a building; the ad displays the faces of Captain America, Hulk, Namor, Thor, and Iron Man.

Moment of Truth!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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

First Line: Dorma and the unspeakable Warlord Krang have been captured by the surfacemen!

Synopsis: Namor brings Krang and Dorma back to Atlantis to face judgment. To settle the question of leadership once and for all, Namor decides to battle Krang in front of his assembled subjects. So his extraordinary powers do not give him an unfair advantage, Namor battles unarmed while Krang is permitted to use any weapons that he chooses. Even armed to the teeth, Krang is unable to defeat the avenging son. Namor imprisons Krang in the deepest depths of the ocean while Dorma is restored to his favor.

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Pages: 12

Notes: A number of uncredited artists are involved in this story, providing alterations, additional art and inking, starting on page 5. Frank Giacoia appears to have inked most of pages 5-6 and part of page 11; Marie Severin redrew the figure of Krang from page 6 on and Dick Ayers inked the majority of pages 7-12.

Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Preposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion!

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

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]

First Line: It's a funny feeling writing these Bullpen pages - here's why - Smilin' Stan is typing these imperishable words on...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Letter by Neil Neches.

Stan Lee is credited in one of the "Items" for writing this Bullpen page.

The Humanoid and the Hero!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Hulk-Killer Humanoid (villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Gorki (villain)

First Line: Created by the now-dead Leader to be stronger than the Hulk, the most powerful...

Synopsis: The Hulk battles the Leader's Hulk-Killer Humanoid as Ross and his cronies learn that they sent the deadly android after the jade giant for all the wrong reasons. Boomerang gets a new costume.

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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): Hulk [Bruce Banner]

First Line: Dear Stan, You've got so many evil secret organizations running around that Bond, Solo, Flint, and Smart couldn't...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from B. Norrick, M. Vanston, and Doug Kaye; M.M.M.S. membership entry form.