Sub-Mariner #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Paul Destine - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: July 1968
Key date: 1968-07-00
On-sale date: 1968-04-02
Indicia publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Paul Destine - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Destiny - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	On a Clear Day You Can See... the Leviathan!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Namor, Sub-Mariner, Triton
2	On a Clear Day You Can See... the Leviathan!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Paul Destine First, Destiny First, Dorma, Vashti, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Plantman, Seth, Samuel Smithers, Triton
4	Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy)	Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Iron Man; Thor; Spider-Man; The Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; The Hulk
10	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley	Namor, the Sub-Mariner
13	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dan Adkins, Frank Giacoia; letters: Morrie Kuramoto
14	Spectacular Spider-Man	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita	Spider-Man

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Tales to Astonish #3	1980	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-3487-9	2009	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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