Sub-Mariner 1968 #40 - back issue - $5.00

Ad for 'Crash Weight Formula' weight-gaining program.

Lady Tuvia spirits Namor and Spider-Man away to the hidden city of the legendary Black Sea People, where Namor is to fight as her champion against the formidable Turalla, who aspires to marry Tuvia, become king, and carry out his dreams of conquest.

Ad for sales people to sell Grit newspapers.

Ad for U.S. coin catalog.

Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ads from Comic Sales Co., Howard M. Rogofsky, Passaic Book Center & Robert Bell.

Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.

Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• In the Name of Turalla! - Tuska pencils per Steve Tice and Nick Caputo, 2009. Nick notes numerous revisions on Turalla and Spider-Man likely redrawn by John Romita.
• - Inside front cover.
• ...Under the Name of Ritual.. - Story continues from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #77. The People of the Black Sea are descendants of prediluvian Atlantis who were exiled for their religious beliefs. This issue has 20 numbered pages with pages 12 and 13 being half pages.
• - Ad for model rocketry kits. Between pages 3 and 4 of story on top half of page.
• - Between pages 3 and 4 of story, on lower half of page
• - Between story pages 6 and 7 on top portion of page.
• - Advertisement for unpublished art portfolios featuring Spider-Man and Daredevil, including a reprint of Spider-Man #1 and Daredevil #1 with information about both characters and checklists, with a subscription to Marvelmania also included. Appears between story pages 6 and 7 on lower portion of page.
• - Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field, between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Thumbnail advertisements between story pages 9 and 10.
• - Occupies lower half of page beneath story half-page numbered 12.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for karate books and paraphernalia from Precise Publications, located on lower half of page beneath story half-page numbered 13.
• Shop by Mail - Various thumbnail advertisements for various products including stamps, novelties and comic books, located between story pages 15 and 16.
• - Ad for Columbia Record Club. Some text is in yellow. Appears between story pages numbered 18 and 19.
• - Stan Lee's Soapbox gives credit to the artists for working from a synopsis and delivering the finished art on deadline. The current issue of the Hulk is based on Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic" and Wolfe appears in the story. Reed Crandall and Al Williamson are planning to illustrate stories. The Bullpen says they're swamped with requests for help for term papers, etc., from college students and don't have time to help with any of them, so stop asking. John Severin and his family (wife and six children) are moving to Colorado. Gene Colan is teaching a part-time course on comics in his home town in New Jersey. Lynn Wolley, news-reporter at KNOW radio in Houston and Mike Turner at WABC-FM in New York have been promoting Marvel comics. Doug Kenny, editor of the National Lampoon, visited the Bullpen and had a long talk with Stan. Also "Make Mine Marvel" flanked by headshots of Iron Man and Captain America.
• - Letters from: Marlene Jablonski, J. Elaine Roberts, Paul Farquhar, Bruce Long, and Bob Rozakis. Includes ?Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.?
• - Houses ad for Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 Series) #78.
• - Ad for the Famous Artists School.
• - Inside back cover.
• - On back cover