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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published July 1966
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Hulk; Boomerang; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Glen Talbot
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Bill Everett
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #36; in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1

12 page Sub-Mariner story "When A Monarch Goes Mad!"

Characters FEATURE: Sub-Mariner; GUESTS: Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; VILLAIN: Krang
Synopsis Namor is driven mad by the betrayal of Lady Dorma; Dorma and Krang turn their skin to flesh color and head to the surface world to hide out.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Continued from Tales of Suspense #80 and concluded in Tales of Suspense #81.
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #36

10 page The Incredible Hulk story "The Stage Is Set!"

Characters FEATURE: Hulk; GUESTS: Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Glen Talbot; VILLAINS: Boomerang (1st); Secret Empire (1st); Subterraneans; Tyrannus; Mole Man
Synopsis The Secret Empire hires Boomerang to obtain the plans for the Orion missile and the new bad guy on the block heads for gamma base; As Rick, Betty and Glen are returned to the surface from the underground subterranean kingdom, Boomerang captures Betty to use as a bargaining chip for the missile; Banner frantically makes his way through a pitched battle between the forces of the Mole Man and Tyrannus trying to find a way to return to the surface and help his friends but it is only when he once again becomes the Hulk that he accidentally stumbles on the right machine that accomplishes the task.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby (layouts); Bill Everett (pencils)
Inks Bill Everett
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #36; in Smash! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1966 series) #73 (24 June 1967); in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1