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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published April 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Commie Frogmen vs the Sub-Mariner!"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Maneely (Signed)
Inks Joe Maneely (Signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.

7 page Sub-Mariner story "The Commie Frogmen Vs. Sub-Mariner"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Communist frogmen (Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Letters Bill Everett
Notes Title taken from cover. First line reads: "Racking his brains for another method of"...".
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.

2 page text story "The Big Fight!"

Letters typeset
Notes Last page also contains a statement of ownership and management.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.

4 page Sub-Mariner story "The Sub-Mariner Gets a Lesson In Humility From Namora!"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Namor] (Origin; at age 15); Namora (1st chronological app), Princess Fen; Byrrah
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils Bill Everett (Signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Letters Bill Everett
Reprinted in Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #54 (October 1972); in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.

4 page story "Octopus!"

Genre Fact; Animal
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Howard Post (Signed)
Inks Howard Post (Signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.

8 page Sub-Mariner story "The Long Night"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Namor]; El Diablo (Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils Bill Everett (Signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Letters Bill Everett
Notes Story takes place over a period of several months.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #3.