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Issue: Tales to Astonish #83
Publication Date: September 1966
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Issues: #83 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Less Than Monster, More Than Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Rick Jones
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #80 published December 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #38 published September 1973
as Less Than Monster More Than Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Tales to Astonish #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as Tales to Astonish #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as Tales to Astonish #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Krang (villain); Secret Empire (villains); Bill
First Line: Namor's unforgettable battle with the invincible Iron Man, which you...
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner and Krang battle over New York. When Sub-Mariner loses his memory at the end of the battle the Secret Empire convinces him that they are his friends.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #16 published July 1967
as My Name Is Retribution [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #15 published July 1967
as The Sub-Mariner Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #80 published December 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #38 published September 1973
as The Sub-Mariner Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with pp. 2, 4 of original story omitted
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as The Sub-Mariner Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked-Up to Confuse and Confound You!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It finally happened!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; The Wrap-Up; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!

One of the "Items" reveals that Jay Gavin is the alias of Werner Roth and that Adam Austin is the alias of Gene Colan.
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Less than Monster, More than Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Secret Empire (villains)
First Line: Captured by the astounding power of Boomerang, Betty Ross is rescued from him by the...
Synopsis: The Hulk has saved Betty from the Boomerang but Ross thinks he has kidnapped his daughter, so he sends the whole force of gamma base after the jade giant. While the military is distracted with their Hulk hunt, Boomerang tries once again to capture the Orion missile.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #80 published December 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #38 published September 1973
as Less than Monster, More than Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published January 1980
as Nicht Mensch, nicht Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Less than Monster, More than Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as Less Than Monster, More Than Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thing [Ben Grimm]
First Line: Dear Stan, When I first looked at the last panel in the Hulk story in Astonish #79, I laughed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Henry Bergman, Richard Carlson, J. R. Reyes, and Bob Schmitt; M.M.M.S. membership order form; promo for the next issue.

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