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Issue: Sub-Mariner #32
Publication Date: December 1970
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Issues: #32 of 72 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/01/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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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 as/ in another Issue.
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #93 published October 1974 as Chiamatela Llyra, chiamatela leggenda! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #5 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
FlagNamor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection #4 published January 2024
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Llyra
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In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #93 published October 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)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: It's another chiller from Monogram
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a scale model of the Ford Model "T" ice truck by Monogram.
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Call Her Llyra -- Call Her Legend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Ikthon; Llyra [also as Laurie] (villain, introduction); Karthon; Llyron (introduction, flashback, death); Rhonda Morris (introduction); Willie (Oceanarium employee, flashback)
Synopsis: Namor travels to the Pacific Ocean to seek an alliance with Lemuria, only to find its throne usurped by a green-skinned shrew named Llyra, a hybrid like himself. Llyra uses her telepathic control of sea creatures to subdue Namor, but with the help of Llyra’s mother, Namor escapes. In the ensuing battle, Llyra appears to perish.
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In Issue: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #93 published October 1974
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: 345-Z
Disclose Notes: Atlantean tradition forbids arriving in a vessel of state when seeking an alliance.

Karthon last appeared in Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #13.

This issue has 20 numbered pages with pages 12 and 13 being half pages.
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Danger on the Field

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Driscoll
Synopsis: Jim saves Big Joe's little sister when she wanders onto the field during the high school football game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Lee Leens jeans. H. D. Lee Company, Inc., Fashion Division, PO Box 440, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201 between story pages 3 and 4.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 6 and 7, on top half of page.
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Marvel Goes Mod(el)!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Captain America; Thor; Daredevil
First Line: Super-heroes come alive!
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Ad for Marvel Super-Hero models from Marvelmania, on lower portion of page between story pages 6 and 7.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a weight gain product between story pages 6 and 7.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Look, fellows!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad solicits boys to sell GRIT magazine. Between story pages 9 and 10.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photograph)
First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can give you powerfully toned muscles and put full strength in your muscles...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On lower half of page beneath story half-page numbered 12.

An advertisement for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Boy; girl
First Line: Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., beneath story half-page numbered 13.
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Shop by Mail

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Free booklet tells how you can train at home for big earnings as a computer programmer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various thumbnail advertisements for various products including novelties and comic books, located between story pages numbered 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): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn to fly model rockets
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Various thumbnail advertisements for various products including stamps, novelties and comic books, located between story pages numbered 18 and 19.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: A pride of pronouncements for a frenzy of fans!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: On upper portion of page.

Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and Items.
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Krang; Dormammu; The Avengers [Captain America; Thor; Iron Man; Giant-Man; The Wasp]; Maters of Evil [Radioactive Man; Baron Helmut Zemo; Black Knight [Nathan Gerrett]; Melter]; The Hulk
First Line: Now ya gotta believe that mighty Marvel is on the move again!!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Sub-Mariner Special (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 and for Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #1 including images of the covers, on lower portion of page.
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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
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein monster
First Line: Monster S-I-Z-E monsters
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters, from Honor House Products.
Located on top half of page.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Various thumbnail advertisements for various products including novelties and comic books, located on lower half of page.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Robbie Hansen, Christopher Melchert, Peter Hermesmann, and Adrienne Ray.
Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Conan in Chains-- but still Conan!
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: House ad for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #2, located on lower portion of second page of letters column.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Join J.S.C.A. - the club that gives you more of what you're lookin' for!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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