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5September 1968
$0.12

Sub-Mariner #5

Marvel · September 1968 · on sale 1968-06-04

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Identification plate

Series
Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
September 1968
Key date
1968-09-00
On-sale date
1968-06-04
Indicia publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenSub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Lady Dorma; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss]
2Watch Out for... Tiger Shark!comic story20script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenSub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss] (villain, introduction), Dr. Lemuel Dorcas (introduction); Diana Arliss (introduction)
10-in-house column1script: Smiley
13-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe; inks: John Severin, Herb Trimpe; colors: Marie Severin, Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie SimekSgt. Fury; The Phantom Eagle

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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ISBN 978-0-7851-3487-9
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