Tales to Astonish #70

Dates

Cover date

August 1965

On sale

May 4, 1965

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• The Start of the Quest! · 12 pages

  Namor returns to Atlantis to find that Warlord Krang, eager to conquer the surface world, has taken his throne. Namor spurns the affections of Lady Dorma who, despite loving him, turns him in to Krang. Namor is arrested and imprisoned as a traitor. Realizing that the only thing that will allow him to regain his kingdom and his subjects is to acquire the long-hidden Trident of Neptune, Namor escapes, with the help of Dorma, and goes to recover it. Neither Namor or Dorma realize that Krang has set a trap for him.

• To Live Again! · 10 pages

  Dragging his dead buddy to their old underground complex, Rick uses the gamma machine (last seen in Incredible Hulk #6) on Bruce, thus turning him into the Hulk and saving his life. The Hulk once again has the intellect of Banner but he has to continue to use the ray machine every 48 hours to keep himself from turning into his alter ego as he still has a bullet lodged in his head. Talbot makes a bid for Betty now that his arch rival has been killed in disgrace. The Leader sends a giant Humanoid to attack gamma base and the Hulk gets involved in the fight.

Characters

Reprinted in

Terrific! (1967), Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (1968), Sub-Mariner Special (1971), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner (1976), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Essential Hulk (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (2008), Essential Sub-Mariner (2009), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2009), Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (2011), Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (2011), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (2015), Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (2021), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2021), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Namor, the Sub-Mariner (2022), Namor the Sub-Mariner Omnibus (2025), Marvel: May 1965 Omnibus (2025)