Sub-Mariner #38 (1971) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Marie Severin, Ross Andru; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Sub-Mariner
2	Namor Agonistes!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie Simek	Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (origin retold with new details); Lady Dorma (corpse); Karthon; Lord Vashti; Qua-Ron; Qua-Ron’s mother; Tha-Korr (flashback); Princess Fen (flashback); Mr. Blake (the sailor who discovered Fen on board the Oracle, flashback); Captain Leonard Mckenzie (flashback); Betty D
4	-	in-house column	0.4	script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
5	Super Poster Offer	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	pencils: Jack Kirby, Howard Purcell; inks: Jack Kirby, Howard Purcell	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl; Thing]; Black Knight; Aragorn; Silver Surfer; Galactus; Thor
13	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
15	-	letters page	1.6	script: Roy Thomas
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.4	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #5 ISBN 978-0-7851-6619-1	2014	On eBay ›
Titans Three ISBN 978-1-302-95539-7	2024	On eBay ›

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