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Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) comic books 1974

  • Issue #68
    Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 68
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • From the PA. Dutch Collection.
    • Label #0010570-AA-030
    • Staple rust and Migration
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • Label #0744607017
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by John Romita. "On the Brink of Madness!", script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Jim Mooney; Namor returns to his underworld realm to find it devastated in the wake of the nerve gas contamination; Fortunately, his subjects are just in a comatose state and amphibian scientists are eager to help them; Namor takes the scientists to Dr. Hydro's island base and then seeks out Dr. Walthers who has been working on a force field device that can protect Atlantis from any other nerve gas contamination; However, the costumed villain Force stands in his way. Namor drives him off and continues his search for Dr. Walthers; Cameos by the Inhumans, the Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man. A note from Roy Thomas and Steve Gerber explaining a printing error on 50,000 copies of Sub-Mariner #68. Ad for Man-Thing and Ka-Zar. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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    $29 Sub-Mariner #68 Jan 1974 VG Marvel Comics
    $100 Sub Mariner #68 CGC 8.0 1st app. of Force Vintage Marvel comics 1974
    9 days left Auction Sub-Mariner #68 On the Brink of Madness! John Romita Cover! Marvel 1974
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    6 days left Auction Savage Sub-Mariner #68 - short-lived regal costume - Don Heck art - Bronze Age
    2 days left Auction Sub-Mariner # 68 Jan 1974 Marvel Steve Gerber Don Heck Jim Mooney

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  • Issue #69
    Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 69
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0932069004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Residue.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Two Worlds and Dark Destiny! Guest-starring Spider-Man. Script by Steve Gerber. Pencils by George Tuska. Inks by Vince Colletta. Cover by John Romita. The Avenging Son rampages through Empire State University! Why? Because hes trying to locate an ESU professor that can save Atlantis and her comatose citizens! But a certain web-slinging student isnt fond of Prince Namor wrecking his favorite campus! Once Spider-Man corrals the Sub-Mariner, he directs the Prince of Atlantis to the right place! And there the Avenging Son learns that he must find and defeat Force (again) to protect his undersea kingdom! Imperious Rex! Last 20¢ issue. Cameo appearances by Doctor Strange, Namorita, and Tamara. Flashback cameo by Orka. (Notes: Spider-Man and the Sub-Mariner meet again in Amazing Spider-Man 211. Force returns in Iron Man 140. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #20 Brother Voodoo. The bullpen bonus page contains promotional stamp #5 the Hulk. The promotional stamp is not to be confused with the actual series A stamp #5.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    $23 Sub-Mariner, Vol. 1 69A
    $50 Sub-Mariner #69 - Namor vs Spider-man - 1974 - VF/NM
    $50 Prince Namor Sub-Mariner # 69 VG Marvel Comic Book Dr. Doom Hulk Thor 13 J224
    $50 SUB-MARINER #69 CGC 6.5 OW-W 1974 Romita SPIDER-MAN, Doctor Strange
    $180 The Savage Sub Mariner #69 CGC 9.2 "Marvel Comics" 1974 Spiderman app. ️ ️
    $695 SUB-MARINER 69 CGC 9.8 WHITE PGS 3/74 1 of 16 ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN CVR
    4 days left Auction THE SAVAGE SUB-MARINER #69 VF+ SS BY THE LATE ~JONH ROMITA SR!~ 1974
    5 days left Auction The Savage Submariner #69 (1974)
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  • Issue #70
    Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 70

    First 25-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. "Namor Unchained!", script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Vince Colletta; Namor returns to the Hydro base and is irritated by the lack of progress on an antidote for his people; The amphibian scientists believe that an antidote may have survived on a sunken World War II ship; Namor travels down into the depths and begins his search through the many sunken ships at Bikini Atoll; He is attacked by Men-Fish led by the Piranha. Marvel Value Stamp series A #98, The Puppet Master. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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    $10 Savage Sub-Mariner #70 FN- Man-Fish - Will Combine Shipping - imperius rex!
    2 days left Auction MARVEL SAVAGE SUB-MARINER ISSUE 70
    5 days left Auction The Savage Sub-Mariner #70 (Marvel 1974) 1st Appearance of Piranha! Bronze Age
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  • Issue #71
    Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 71
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0147569006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Mike Esposito. "Comes the Pirahna," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Vince Colletta; Namor evades Piranha and his pets and finds the potential antidote for his poisoned subjects; However, Piranha proves to be a persistent foe and gets his hands on the antidote; Fortunately, Namor recovers the antidote and battles through Piranha and his pets to escape; Piranha's wounds from the battle draw his pets in for the kill. Marvel Value Stamp series A #52, Quicksilver by John Buscema. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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    $9 SUB-MARINER #71 JULY 1974 MARVEL COMICS A MILLION RAZOR-SHARP FANGS? Z1917
    $13 Sub-Mariner, Vol. 1 71

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  • Issue #72
    Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 72
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4411880011
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1012116013
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Final issue in series. Cover pencils by Larry Lieber. "From the Void It Came...," script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Dan Adkins, inks by Vince Colletta; A brooding Namor gets into a confrontation with a couple of surface dwellers; They attack Namor which leads to a fight; Then he's attacked by an alien creature and also retaliates against it; The defeated created escapes and Namor is left to wonder what its purpose was. Editorial afterword and final closing notes from Roy Thomas. Marvel Value Stamp series A #100, Galactus by Jack Kirby. The Sub-Mariner next appears in Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. NOTE: Aquaman #56 and Sub-Mariner #72 is the infamous hidden DC/Marvel crossover! Writer Steve Skeates, unbeknownst to the editorial staffs of Marvel and DC, creates the very first intercompany crossover between the Big Two. Aquaman battles a creature that at the end of the issue explodes in outer space. A few years later, the very same creature emerges in the Marvel Universe from an explosion in outer space. This has to be one of the most underrated and coolest hidden gems in Comics History. – Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.25.

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    $10 Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner #72 - Sept 1974 Atlantis Slime Thing Last Issue
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