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Issue: Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection #3
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Title: Who Strikes for Atlantis?
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/22/2023
Volume: 3
Pages: 516
ISBN: 9781302949747
UPC/EAN: 978130294974754499
Price: $56.25 CAD
$44.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 62 (24 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interiors
Binding: softcover; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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FlagSub-Mariner #4 published August 1968
FlagSub-Mariner #5 published September 1968
FlagSub-Mariner #6 published October 1968
FlagSub-Mariner #7 published November 1968
FlagSub-Mariner #8 published December 1968
FlagSub-Mariner #9 published January 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #10 published February 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #11 published March 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #12 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #13 [unnamed variant] published May 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #14 [unnamed variant] published June 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #16 [unnamed variant] published August 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #17 [unnamed variant] published September 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #18 [unnamed variant] published October 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #19 [unnamed variant] published November 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #20 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1969
FlagSub-Mariner #21 [unnamed variant] published January 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #22 [unnamed variant] published February 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #23 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #24 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #25 [unnamed variant] published May 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #26 [unnamed variant] published June 1970
FlagSub-Mariner #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1970
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Epic Collection

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Who Strikes for Atlantis?

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Attuma
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Who Strikes for Atlantis?

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Attuma (villain); Saru-San (villain, introduction); Gorgul (villain, introduction, death); Kor-Konn (villain, introduction)
The Lady Dorma!
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Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!

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Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain, introduction), Dr. Lemuel Dorcas (introduction); Diana Arliss (introduction)
What place is this...?
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Death to the Vanquished!

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...And to the Vanquished-- Death!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); Dr. Lemuel Dorcas (villain); Destiny [Paul Destine] (villain)
Prince Namor — the overrated Sub-Mariner — is all washed up as a power beneath the sea!
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For President-- The Man Called Destiny!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Destiny [Paul Destine] (villain, death); Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); Ikthon (introduction)
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In the Rage of Battle!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]
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In the Rage of Battle!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma; Diane Arliss; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Vision]; Betty Dean Prentiss (reintroduction); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (in flashback)
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More-or-less first part of Serpent Crown Quest which continues through #13.
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The Spell of the Serpent!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma (wearing the Serpent Crown)
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Credits per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 2350, 9 October 2009); Tony Rose concurs. The unaltered cover can be viewed at Heritage: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/herb-trimpe-john-romita-sr-and-dan-adkins-sub-mariner-9-cover-original-art-marvel-1969-/a/7212-91060.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515&fbclid=IwAR28GBAY7wtqUdwFaEwNdCWfZt5wNG6o5vTFVz7-oRpZ2cd2ssXUxbizlqQ

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The Spell of the Serpent!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Naga (introduction; villain; in flashback); Karthon (introduction; villain); Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); Lemurians (introduction); Lady Dorma; Lord Vashti; Lord Seth; Ikthon; Var-Tov
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origin of Atlantis and Lemuria.
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The Man Called Barracuda!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Karthon the Quester
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Never Bother a Barracuda!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Captain Barracuda (villain); Karthon the Quester (villain); Naga (villain)
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Origin of the Serpent Crown and Lemuria.
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The Choice and the Challenge!

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The Choice and the Challenge!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Captain Barracuda (villain); Mr. Starkey; Lady Dorma
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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Krustatos
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A World Against Me!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Naga (villain); Karthon the Quester (villain); Llyna [impersonates Lady Dorma] (Karthon's sister, Introduction, Death)
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Death, Thou Shalt Die!

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Death, Thou Shalt Die!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Llyna [as Dorma] (corpse); Naga (villain, death); Karthon the Quester; Gargantos
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End of the Serpent Crown Quest.
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Namor vs. The Human Torch!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]
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Severin colors confirmed on this site: http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=209&ItemNo=123438
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Burn, Namor... Burn!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Toro [Thomas Raymond] (re-introduction, death); Ann Raymond (Toro's wife, introduction, in flashback); Mad Thinker (villain); Egghead [Elihas Star] (villain); Puppet Master [Phillip Masters] (villain); Prof. Phineas Horton (in flashback); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (in flashback); Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic (in flashback); Invisible Girl (in flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (in flashback); the Thing [Ben Grimm] (main story and flashback)]; Avengers [Vision; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nick Fury; "Dum-Dum" Dugan [Timothy Dugan]; X-Men [Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman; Beast; Cyclops]
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Continued in part from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 Series) #63.
The previous appearance of Toro is in Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 Series) #58 (September 1946)
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The Day of the Dragon!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dragon Man
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John Romita alterations on Dragon Man's face per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (8 April 2006).
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The Day of the Dragon!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dragon Man (villain); Lemuel Dorcas (villain); Gregson Gilbert (villain); Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (in flashback); Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Ikthon;Diane Arliss
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The Sea That Time Forgot!

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The Sea That Time Forgot!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); People of the Mist (villains, introduction, most die); Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Ikthon; Walter Newell
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From the Stars... the Stalker!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dynorr the Stalker
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From the Stars -- the Stalker!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dynorr the Stalker (villain, introduction); Alpha Centaurians (villain, introduction); Yennon (villain, introduction); Kormok (villain, introduction); Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Ikthon
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Jack Katz penciled most, if not all of the issue, with extensive alterations by Marie Severin, particularly on Sub-Mariner and the action scenes. Info per Nick Caputo, September 2014.
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Namor can never return to the sea... or he dies!
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Side by Side with... Triton!

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Yennon (death); Alpha Centaurians (villains)
Organic electro-probe completed!
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Namor loses his water-breathing powers
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Nothing Can Stop the Sting-Ray!

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Support Your Local Sting-Ray!

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Frank Giacoia (cameo); Morrie Kuramoto (cameo); Tony Mortellaro (cameo); Stu Schwartzberg (cameo); Al Hewetson (cameo); Susan Pasternak (cameo); Pete; Edgar Benton
The hottest day of a humid summer...
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In a reply to a letter in Sub-Mariner #24, Roy Thomas detailed all the caricatures Marie Severin drew on the splash page of the Marvel staff and freelancers: Stan Lee, John Romita, Herb Trimpe, Don Heck, Frank Giacoia, Morrie Kuramoto, Roy Thomas and his then wife Jeannie, Larry Lieber, Bill Everett, Sol Brodsky, Jack Kirby, Garry Friedrich, Tony Mortellaro, Stu Schwartzberg, Al Hewetson, Marie and "Former Gal Friday" Susan Pasternak.
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In the Darkness Dwells... Doom!

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In the Darkness Dwells... Doom!

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Here -- in the midst of a night-cloaked city that hates me...
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The Invaders Strike!

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Invasion from the Ocean Floor!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lord Seth; Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Ikthon; Diane Arliss
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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Dr. Strange lives.. but will the Sub-Mariner??
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The Monarch and the Mystic!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Ikthon; Vashti; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nameless One (villain; introduction); Undying Ones; Joella Ward; Kenneth Ward (in flashback)
This is the hour that I have longed for, these dark days past!
While Namor is being cured of his inability to breath under water, Dr. Strange implants information in his unconscious mind that leads him to Boston and the Idol of the Undying Ones.
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Story continues from Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 Series) #183 and concludes in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 Series) #126. Sub-Mariner regains his water-breathing powers.
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The Coming of Orka!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Orka
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The Coming of Orka!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lemuel Dorcas (villain); Krang (villain); Orka (villain, introduction); Lady Dorma; Vashti
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In the Talons of... Tiger Shark!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss]
Face it, Fish-Man... This is your last ride!
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The Lady and the Tiger-Shark

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dr. Lemuel Dorcas (villain); Krang (villain); Orka (villain); Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); Lady Dorma; Vashti
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Namor Battles the Human Race!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Atlanteans
Surface-men! You have destroyed my people... but I shall have my revenge!
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A World My Enemy!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma; Diane Arliss; Vashti
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Jim Mooney inked pp 1-6, 9-11 and 15; Mike Esposito inked pp 7-8, 12-14 and 16-20. Info per Nick Caputo, September 2014.
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The Red Raven Strikes!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Red Raven; Diane Arliss
Let the girl go, Namor!
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"Kill!" Cried the Raven!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Red Raven; Birdmen; Diane Arliss; Walter Newell (cameo)
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Caught by the Kraken

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Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Commander Kraken
Squeeze my beauty-- Squeeze!! We'll show that Fish-Man what power really is!!
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When Wakes the Kraken!

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Commander Kraken (introduction, villain); Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Dorma; Captain Powell; Lord Vashti; Diane Arliss
Commander Kraken captures Dorma and Diane Arliss and tries to use them to get Sub-Mariner to join his group of pirates.
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Sub-Mariner #4 Page 13 Art

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Marie Severin Self Portrait

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Epic Collection

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The Battle for the Serpent Crown Rages!

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