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40June 1955
$0.10

Sub-Mariner #40

Marvel · June 1955

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Identification plate

Series
Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1954 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
June 1955
Key date
1955-06-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Combine Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mystery of the Secret Tunnel?cover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan GoldbergSub-Mariner [Namor]
1The Sub-Mariner and the Secret Tunnel!comic story8script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettSub-Mariner [Namor]; Ivan Ivanoff (first appearance; villain); the Communists (villains)
2The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy... Fire!comic story4script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettSub-Mariner [Namor] (origin at age 16); Namora; Byrrah
3The Man Who Loved the Seacomic story4pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta
4Fogboundtext story1.67letters: typeset
5The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergscomic story7script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettSub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Tha-Korr; Byrrah

Where to read it

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Comix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn]
ISBN 0876900341		1971On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-2930-1		2008On eBay ›
Defenders: Marvel Feature No. 1 Facsimile Edition #[nn]2019On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-92250-4		2019On eBay ›

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