Publishers / Marvel / Sub-Mariner (1968) / #19
19November 1969
$0.15

Sub-Mariner #19

Marvel · November 1969 · on sale August 5, 1969

First appearance (cover): StingrayFirst appearance: Diane ArlissFirst appearance: John Romita Sr.1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#19
Publication date
November 1969
Key date
November 1969
On-sale date
August 5, 1969
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Stingray - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Diane Arliss - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of John Romita Sr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jean Thomas - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Marie Severin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bill Everett - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sol Brodsky - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gary Friedrich - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Don Heck - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Herb Trimpe - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Larry Lieber - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Nothing Can Stop the Sting-Ray!cover1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam RosenNamor, Walter Newell, Stingray First, Sub-Mariner
2Support Your Local Sting-Ray!comic story20script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie SimekDiane Arliss First, Sol Brodsky First, Dynorr, Bill Everett First, Gary Friedrich First, Don Heck First, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber First, Namor, Walter Newell, John Romita Sr. First, Marie Severin First, Stingray First
7-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
10-letters page1script: Roy Thomas

Plus 13.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #4
ISBN 978-0-7851-5048-0		2011On eBay ›
Who Strikes for Atlantis?
ISBN 978-1-302-94974-7		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1819 of 72#20 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q113509798 (Stingray), first-appearance property (CC0)

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