Issue | #55 |
Published | January 1976 |
Frequency | Published 7 times a year |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Asgardians |
Genre | super-hero |
Editing | Stan Lee (original) |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #101 (minor changes to Hulk's face) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers |
Characters | Hulk; Heimdall; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] |
Synopsis | Loki pulls the Hulk to Asgard to fight his father's forces; The Hulk battles the Warriors Three but in a moment of rare clarity, they discover that the jade giant is not really their enemy and refuse Loki's invitation to finish him off; Angered by his failure, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Marie Severin |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Editing | Stan Lee (original) |
Notes | Page 7 of the original story is omitted. |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #101 (March 1968) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Various ads scattered in the Hulk story: Slim Jim snacks; Big Jim's P.A.C.K.; U.S. School of Music (just 1-page ads mentioned here) |
Pencils | John Romita? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Promo for the trade paperback Son of Origins (Marvel, 1975 series) and The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976. Page is between pages of the Hulk story. |
Characters | Sub-Mariner; Destiny; Dorma; Warlord Seth |
Synopsis | The Atlanteans abandon the second Atlantis. Namor goes to the Antarctic and find Destiny hidden below the ice. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Archie Goodwin |
Pencils | Gene Colan |
Inks | Dan Adkins |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Editing | Stan Lee (original) |
Notes | NOTE 1: First hint of Destiny, soon to be a major foe. NOTE 2: Pages 4 and 5 of the original story are omitted. |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #101 (March 1968) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Various ads scattered in the Sub-Mariner story: The Zane Grey Library; North American School of Drafting; Grit Publishing CO; Joe Weider |
Script | ?; Stan Lee (soapbox) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker |
Synopsis | When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies. |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Ross Andru |
Inks | Mike Esposito |
Letters | Irv Watanabe |
Notes | Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel Comics. |
Characters | Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus |
Notes | Advertisement for Superhero Merchandise; Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp.; Ideal Toy Corporation |