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16August 1969
$0.15

Sub-Mariner #16

Marvel · August 1969 · on sale 1969-05-06

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Identification plate

Series
Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
August 1969
Key date
1969-08-00
On-sale date
1969-05-06
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Sea That Time Forgot!cover1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Frank Brunner; letters: Sam RosenSub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss]
2The Sea That Time Forgot!comic story20script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Joe Gaudioso; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie SimekSub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain); People of the Mist (villains, introduction, most die); Dorma; Vashti the Elder; Ikthon; Walter Newell
5-in-house column1script: SmileyThe Hulk
11-promo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: Jack Kirby, Gene Colan; inks: Joe Sinnott, Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen
12Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kitpromo (ad from the publisher)0.6script: ? (ad copy)Spider-Man; Thor; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
15-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Sam RosenLady Dorma (incorrectly colored with pink skin, not blue); Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lemurians (incorrectly colored green, not blue)

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

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Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #4
ISBN 978-0-7851-5048-0
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Who Strikes for Atlantis?
ISBN 978-1-302-94974-7
2022On eBay ›

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