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Tales to Astonish #71

Marvel · Series began 1959 · September 1965

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Dates

Cover date: September 1965
On sale: June 1, 1965
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #71 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
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Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, Mike Espositoinks: Vince Colletta, Mike Espositocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

Escape... to Nowhere! · 12 pages
Namor heads into the Forbidden Deeps as he continues his quest for Neptune's Trident. In order to get the second clue he needs to find the trident, he must face and defeat the Seaweed Man, never conquered in all the ages that he's ruled his domain. Regretting her betrayal of Namor, Dorma vows to win him back though it destroy both of them in the process. Meanwhile, back in Atlantis, the natives are beginning to get restless under Krang's iron rule.
Like a Beast at Bay! · 10 pages
The Hulk and Rick barely make it out of the blast radius as Ross fires the giant "Sunday Punch" missile at the Leader's giant Humanoid bringing the massive robot down. The pair decide to hide in their underground cave but are spotted by military planes as they enter. Ross and Talbot attack, threatening the underground complex and Bruce's gamma machine. The Hulk pushes Rick out to safety just as the Leader appears and tells the Jade Giant he will save him from his sticky predicament if only he agrees to serve the big-brained bad guy.

Characters

Bruce BannerHulkNamorSub-MarinerRick JonesThaddeus "Thunderbolt" RossSamuel SternsLeaderGlenn TalbotDormaKrangVashtiNeptune

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), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2009), Essential Sub-Mariner (2009), 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)