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Issue: Marvel Super-Heroes #55
Publication Date: January 1976
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Issues: #55 of 94 Issues (134 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 25¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman; Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#12-31); saddle-stitched (#32-105)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Where Walk the Immortals!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Marie Severin; John Romita ? (alterations)
Inker(s): Syd Shores; Frank Giacoia; John Romita ? (alterations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen; Danny Crespi (new lettering)
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hulk
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Asgardians
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as Marvel Super-Heroes #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #101 published March 1968
was Where Walk the Immortals! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: cover is a combination of Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia (who drew the Hulk) and Jack Kirby and Syd Shores (Asgardians and backgrounds). There are further alterations on the Hulk's face, possibly by John Romita, in this version.
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Now you can fly a plane the first time you try.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers
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"Where Walk the Immortals!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Incredible Hulk
Character(s): Hulk; Heimdall; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]
Synopsis: Loki pulls the Hulk to Asgard to fight his father's forces. The Hulk battles the Warriors Three but in a moment of rare clarity, they discover that the jade giant is not really their enemy and refuse Loki's invitation to finish him off. Angered by his failure, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #101 published March 1968
was Where Walk the Immortals! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Page 7 of the original story is omitted.
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various ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Various ads scattered in the Hulk story: Slim Jim snacks; Big Jim's P.A.C.K.; U.S. School of Music (just 1-page ads mentioned here)
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Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Romita?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the trade paperback Son of Origins (Marvel, 1975 series) and The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976. Page is between pages of the Hulk story.
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"...And Evil Shall Beckon!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner; Destiny; Dorma; Warlord Seth
Synopsis: The Atlanteans abandon the second Atlantis. Namor goes to the Antarctic and find Destiny hidden below the ice.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #101 published March 1968
was ...and Evil Shall Beckon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: NOTE 1: First hint of Destiny, soon to be a major foe. NOTE 2: Pages 4 and 5 of the original story are omitted.
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various ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Various ads scattered in the Sub-Mariner story: The Zane Grey Library; North American School of Drafting; Grit Publishing CO; Joe Weider
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An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Stan Lee (soapbox)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irv Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker
Synopsis: When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel Comics.
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various ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Superhero Merchandise; Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp.; Ideal Toy Corporation

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