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Issue: Sub-Mariner #18
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #18 of 72 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/08/1969
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
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reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #74 published February 1974 as Fianco a fianco con...Triton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagNamor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection #3 published January 2022
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Namor can never return to the sea... or he dies!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #4 [Regular Edition] published February 2011
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #74 published February 1974
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photography)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pocket spy telescope
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for novelty items from the Johnson Smith Co.
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Side by Side with... Triton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yennon (death); Alpha Centaurians (villains)
First Line: Organic electro-probe completed!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #74 published February 1974
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #4 [Regular Edition] published February 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Namor loses his water-breathing powers
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Baseball game from Strat-O-Matic Game Co. located between story pages 3 and 4.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The latest and greatest goodies from maniacal Marvel!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for greeting cards. Between story pages 6 and 7.
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider (photograph)
First Line: Tired of being ‘skinny’?
Synopsis: Ad for a weight-gain drink.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 9 and 10.
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Build a whole “Matchbox” car city in your room.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox home display units, on top half of page between story pages 15 and 16.
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photography)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Weak-broken nails?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads for stamps and novelty items, on lower half of page between story pages 15 and 16.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photography)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photography)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Who else wants a he-man body?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads for a variety of products including stamps, novelty items, and back-issue comic books, located between story pages 18 and 19.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tower of Shadows; Thor
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: House ad for Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 and Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #168, located on top half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Plastic Pioows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Character(s): Spider-Man; Thor; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
First Line: It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows for $1.50 each and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00 each, located on lower half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement to sell Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co, located on upper half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photography)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photography)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Precise Publications
First Line: I'll make you a master of karate
Synopsis: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Located on lower half of page.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Toro
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from: John Kunz, Nick Ouzas, J. Scott Stewart, Masao Kano, J.C. Rosenzweig, and Bob Krotts; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Artists School
First Line: Do you have art talent worth developing?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Famous Artists School.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: If you need extra money & you know just 10 people...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.

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