Sub-Mariner #23 (1970) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Coming of Orka!	cover	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Orka
2	The Coming of Orka!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie Simek	Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lemuel Dorcas (villain); Krang (villain); Orka (villain, introduction); Lady Dorma; Vashti
4	-	in-house column	0.4	script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (background color); letters: typeset
5	Marvelmania	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset
13	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin
15	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema, Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig

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

Edition	How to tell
British	price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-5048-0	2011	On eBay ›
Who Strikes for Atlantis? ISBN 978-1-302-94974-7	2022	On eBay ›

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