Tales to Astonish #85 (1966) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #85
Publication date: November 1966
Key date: 1966-11-00
On-sale date: 1966-08-02
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Number One.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Missile and the Monster!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Hulk
1	-- And One Shall Die	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Artie Simek	Bruce Banner, Dorma, Hulk, Krang, Namor, Number One Death, Sub-Mariner
2	Sensational Secrets and Incredible Inside Information, Guilelessly Guaranteed to Avail You Naught!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Hulk [Bruce Banner]
3	The Missile and the Monster!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Ray Holloway, Artie Simek	Bruce Banner, Gorki, Hulk, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Glenn Talbot
4	-	letters page	1	pencils: Gene Colan, Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Thing [Ben Grimm]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Super-Heroes #40	1973	On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #1 ISBN 0-7851-0712-6	1999	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #3 ISBN 0-7851-2032-7	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema #[nn] ISBN 0785121617; 978-0785121619	2006	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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