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Issue: Sub-Mariner Comics #31

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Publication Date: April 1949

Issue #31
- #21
- #22
- #23
- #24
- #25
- #26
- #27
- #28
- #29
- #30
- ✔ #31
- #32
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Issues: #31 of 32 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comic [round logo]

Indicia Publisher: Manvis Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/13/1949

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: The last four pages are ads.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1949, 3rd Series, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 125, Copyright number: B177784.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (10 total)

The Man Who Grew!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Doctor Dill

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Pages: 1

Notes: Cover artwork was done by an unknown Timely staffer per Michael Vassallo (August 7, 2024). Originally tentatively credited to Gus Schrotter by the previous indexer.

Electric Baseball

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Electric Game Co., Inc.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad in comics form

The Man Who Grew!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Joe (dock worker); Charley (dock worker); Ben (dock worker); Dr. D. D. Dill (villain)

Synopsis: Namor's nemesis, Dr. Dill, creates a fluid that can cause unlimited growth... and he plans on using it on the Sub-Mariner, hoping to make him so hated by the people, because of his size, that they will banish him. Once that is accomplished, Doc Dill and his men, believe they can successfully hijack a gold shipment at sea.

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Pages: 7

Job Number: 4543

Notes: Above the banner on the splash page reads: "Editorial consultant: Jean Thompson, M.D., Psychiatrist, Childhood Guidance Bureau, Board of Education, New York City".

Per Michael Vassallo, the pencils were done by an unknown artist. Inks were done by George Klein (August 7, 2024). The original indexer had tentatively given both pencil and ink credits to Al Gabriele.

The Lost Land!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Tolan; Nagorbu

Synopsis: Namor tells Betty how, in ancient Atlantis, a man named Nagorbu brought a powerful magnet which his ancestor, Tolan, ordered to be thrown into the sea.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: 5060

The Big Cat

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1.67

A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: A letter from the editors about the negative attention being paid to comic books, assuring parents that their books are wholesome.

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.33

The Sea Wolf!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): A Sub-Mariner Special

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Buster Miller; Billie

Synopsis: Buster Miller is a "sea-wolf" who hits on every pretty girl in sight and brags about beating the Sub-Mariner in a swimming race. The Sub-Mariner over-hears him and teaches him a lesson.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: 4267

The Hypnotist of Horror

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lem Snipe (villain)

First Line: Extra - Personal interview with the man who killed Captain America!

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Pages: 6

Job Number: 4482

Notes: Pencil credit from Michael Vassallo, August 7, 2024. Inker credit is unknown. Previous indexer tentatively credited pencil and ink credits to Al Gabriele.

The Drink of Death!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Spoiler (villain)

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Pages: 8

Job Number: 4040

Notes: Unknown inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores. Unknown pencils per Michael Vassallo (August 7, 2024). Originally credited to Al Gabriele, but per Vassallo, Gabriele was not working Timely during this time.