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Issue: Sub-Mariner #5
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #5 of 72 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/04/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#43)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagNamor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection #3 published January 2022
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Title Page
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Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss]
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In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #5 [Newsstand] published April 1980
as Watch Out for... Tiger Shark! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Hypnotic whirling coin
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
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Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain, introduction), Dr. Lemuel Dorcas (introduction); Diana Arliss (introduction)
First Line: What place is this...?
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In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #61 published August 1973
as Attenti... allo Squalo Tigre! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Sub-Mariner #2 published January 1980
as Watch Out For … Tiger Shark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #5 [Newsstand] published April 1980
as Watch Out for... Tiger Shark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Pete Duncan - "Dropout"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?; ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob; Helen; Pete Duncan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 3 and 4.

Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S..
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Intelsat III Satellite

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Get big prizes or cash
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with order coupon for Olympic Sales Club, Inc. between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 9 and 10.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Fellows! Here's a swell way to make lots of money and win prizes too!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of story sequence on top half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, war
First Line: 204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for toy soldier set from Revolutionary War Soldiers, Dept. RW-5P, Carle Place, Long Island, New York.
Between story pages 15 and 16 on lower half of page.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Check the kind of body you want
Synopsis: A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and back-issue comic books.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 18 and 19.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: More hysterical hoopla and hangups from your howlin' house of ideas!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes:Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Now you can be taller instantly!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for height increasing shoes from The Liftee Company located on top half of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I'll make you a master of karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
On lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Geary Gravel, Charles Rutkoff, Lee Burwazzer, Mark McConnaughey, Jeffrey Ford, Andy Parker.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Fury; The Phantom Eagle
First Line: Two more triumphs for Marvel!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #4 and Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #16, advertised as “Now on sale!”
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.

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