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Issue: Tales to Astonish #81

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Publication Date: July 1966

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Issues: #81 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)

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Variant: British

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

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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 #81 [unnamed variant]

Tales to Astonish #81 [British]

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Content Items (5 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Boomerang [Fred Myers]

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Pages: 1

When a Monarch Goes Mad!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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

First Line: This is more than even a prince may endure!

Synopsis: Namor is driven mad by the betrayal of Lady Dorma. (She agreed to marry Krang last ish in order to protect the Sub-Mariner from the monstrous Behemoth.) Dorma and Krang turn their skin to flesh color and head to the surface world to hide out.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Continued from Tales of Suspense #80 and concludes in Tales of Suspense #82.

Incredible, Indubitable, Interminable Items to Startle Your Sense and Soothe Your Soul!

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

First Line: It's hail and farewell to sturdy Steve Ditko!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Bulletins; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Also, included is a letter by Mike Murano.

A "Bulletin" notes that Steve Ditko's last work for Marvel will be with Amazing Spider-Man #38 and Strange Tales #146.

The Stage Is Set!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Major Glenn Talbot; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (introduction); Secret Empire (introduction); Subterraneans; Tyrannus; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]

First Line: Observe, gentlemen!

Synopsis: The Secret Empire hires Boomerang to obtain the plans for the Orion missile and the new bad guy on the block heads for gamma base. As Rick, Betty and Glenn are returned to the surface from the underground subterranean kingdom, Boomerang captures Betty to use as a bargaining chip for the missile. Banner frantically makes his way through a pitched battle between the forces of the Mole Man and Tyrannus, trying to find a way to return to the surface and help his friends but it is only when he once again becomes the Hulk that he accidentally stumbles on the right machine that accomplishes the task.

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Pages: 10

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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): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]

First Line: Dear Stan, You are a genius and the Hulk is a great character, but - in one respect it...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from N. F. Tambasco, Joseph Dillon, Bob Simmons, and Steven Russell. Includes an image of the Hulk from an earlier issue, an illo of Sub-Mariner by Marie Severin and an M.M.M.S. membership order form.