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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published January 1976
Frequency Published 7 times a year
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Where Walk the Immortals!"

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)

1 page advertisement "Now you can fly a plane the first time you try."

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Notes Advertisement for Cox Sure Flyers

10 page The Incredible Hulk story "Where Walk the Immortals!"

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)

5 page advertisement "various ads"

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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)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Son of Origins of Marvel Comics / The Mighty Bicentennial Calendar 1976"

Pencils John Romita?
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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.

9 page Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner story "...And Evil Shall Beckon!"

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)

4 page advertisement "various ads"

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Notes Various ads scattered in the Sub-Mariner story: The Zane Grey Library; North American School of Drafting; Grit Publishing CO; Joe Weider

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins letters page "An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate Your ID"

Script ?; Stan Lee (soapbox)
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1 page Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper"

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.

3 page advertisement "various ads"

Characters Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus
Notes Advertisement for Superhero Merchandise; Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp.; Ideal Toy Corporation