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ITEM eLASSICE 1204s The Er lon Man, Doctor ana the Hulk ~ al tn ene action-packed holding out on the Marvel Age of Col ing cut on the Marvel ist (Geri te thought MARVEL TALES :14 SPIDEY, CIANT-MAR, THOR, and the magriteant MARVEL BOY "ilinset more than modal Marvlite ean Sead i's'n mus for you ely grocoere inthis gooty generation! Fs meet 25 more Graver ee. Natron, vas Chev hse os. Semen ie, Cerca 7, ea ee coma ennai en Sete oe ene Bhar a Beate (BR REN BM Gln, I, SEIS, ERA ao Ee Gene EE Ben, Bee eeeDear Stan, Ros, and John, T don't like the way Sub-Marioer has been going. My friends and I liked Namor better when he wasn't con- nected with surface people, except‘in the stories in which he chased Krang. All your other heroes all have some- thing to do with Burth’s surface, so T say give Namor the aspect of a sunken John Carter, create new villains like Atiuma, have someone abduct Lady Dorma, show more Citfes in| the oceans beside Atlantis, and, most of all, tura Namor's watery world into something ‘like an undersea empire, or empires for that matter, with petty wars“be~ tween lords of different districts, John Musgrave, 1050 Nightingale Ra. Jacksonville, Fla, $2216 For the nonee, we suspect that our marine marauder will have his hands full just locating the deadly foe called Destiny! Still, stick around for a while, Johnny — sooner or later, Subby’s bound to return’ to his watery kingdom. And, when he does, you ean bet your last pair of ankle-wings that hol have to guard his undersea throne from threxte a lot more menacing than seaweed! Dear Stan, Roy, and John, People wonder what makes Marvel great. Some say art, others say writers, and. still others say pothing, But the real reason is continuity. Unlike your competitors, ‘once you establish a fact in your mags, you don’t change iL in ny of your stories..For example, Atlantis is always the sae with the sume hlue-skinned people instead of either sea people with fish tails or a golden-shirted {sO man as in your rivals, Hercules is always the same (with jn reasonable Timits) and it seems to nue that you have taken extra © of standards for your mags. E Pluribus. illegetamus, fucts, ly thanslated, “In many unrelated facts, Michael Junas, 1513 Orange Grove Bd. arleston, 8. C, 29407 ely sure of your Tutin, Mike — or of y's typing — but we'll defend to your cight to say it! (Although, to tell the truth, we're sort hoping it won't be necessary!) Dear Stan, Roy. and John, ‘A letter-writer had asked if Namor and Thor were rel- tives because Odin and Neptune were gods. Nol You have previously stated that Namor’s father was not Nep- ‘tune. In AVENGERS #44 letters page, in F.F. ANNUAL #1, and also in ASTONISH #98 it was said that Namor's dad was an American, Captain Leonard McKenzie. (No, Irving, Captain does’ not mean that he was related to Captain America or Captain Marvell) But Namor is the adopted son of Poseidon, that is, Neptune, Well, all in all, ASTONISH #99 was groovy, and, the suspense of waiting for future issues is terrible — but that's how it should bel Face front, peerless pussycats! Billy Neville & Brack Dodd, Jr., 421 Yarmouth Ra. Raleigh, N. C, 27608 We'll try, guys! After all, it’s a lot easier to do the Australian erawl that way! And of course, you were right on target with your summary of Namor’s origin ‘as you've doubtless noticed this ish if you aren't the sneaky type who reads the letters pages first! Even 80; we couldn't get all of our seaweed superhero’s back: ground into one story, s0 there'll be ‘other glimpses Of his misspent youth from time to time! Meanwhile, ‘of you liltin’ linguists out there want to have a i what Princess Yen is saying in panel i give our usual Namor-approved nau- al no-prize for the best answer — but be warned! wseally Roy claims that he’s developed the Atlantean language by syllable and syntax, so we'll all have to word for it as to who wins! As far as any of the rest of the Bullpeners ean tell, Fen might just as well have been ordering a pastrami-on-rye sandwich! Dear Stan and crew, ‘Your Sub-Mariner story in ASTONISH #99 surpassed anything. Im glad you were able to get Archie Goodwin, He wrote the best Namor story to date. Don't get me wrong, Stan your stories were veritable masterpieces, ‘but you tend to have Subby fighting along too much with the surface men, This was a good idea at frst, and you handled st greatiy with FP. ANNUAL #1, but he's got a whole city peopled by an age-old rice and the mys- teries of the oecan to contend with. Seems to me you can do more with this than his animosity against us oxygen- | inhalers. Dan Adkins ig a fine Sub-Mariner artist, He has {juile a. good ‘sense of proportion and. perspective. But ‘what 1 like the best is the way he draws Namor's face. Everybody seems to draw it differently, He draws pointed cbrows Ukit look like real eyebrows, and those ears — wow! Far the first time he had peinted eats that really Gane to a point rather than being blunted! Carl Galfffoffrd, 140 Lone Oak Dr. New Milford, Conn, 06778 And we intend to keep ‘em that way, Mr. G. — even though the dapper Mr. Adkins is now concentrating his full attention on Dr. Strange and leaving the briny deep to the nimble fingers and similarly talented penak the see the pulse- on SUB-MARINER =2 — Inhuman in some of the most sizzling battle scenes since the amazing am- phibian was created ‘way back in 1939! "Nuff said! Dear Stan, Roy, and John, This letter has something to do with the Sub-Mariner ais well as the people of Athintis. How én the world can they speak under water? There's no air to carry the sound. Teould see if they were communicating by telepathy, but they aren’t. I also noticed that in ASTONISH +97 the Sub-Mariner was ont of the water for more than an hour —'yés, an hour! In a previous story, he had stated that he could only stay out for sixty minutes. Could his time limit have been expanded to 24 hours? Hollis Moore, 4411 So, Ellis Ave. Chicago, Tl, 60653. Nope — it’s just that one of our previous scripters (probably none other than Smiley himself) made a goof when he limited Subby’s surface tenure to an hour, Acmally, our peerless prince can out of water indefinitely his much-lauded strength be- gins to fade if he rem out too long, so that eventu- ally he would become no stronger than a normal homo sapiens. As for the other matter eovered in your Tittle missive, we're afraid that we'll have to claim that — for once — seience is on our side! Water does indeed conduct sound, though it tends to distort it somewhat. Members of Namor's sea-born race mastered the fine art of underwater conversation, !o, these many years ago — but if you think of Pointy-Ears is about to share the sreret wi us oxygen-breathers . ‘Dear Stan, Roy, and John, Should the Sub-Mariner be more heroic or more. vil lainous? ‘The answer is — both. Let's examine the Subby- against-the-world situation first in order to clarify this. Both Namor and the surface-world denizens are at fault. We go around with our nuclear bombs unintentionally making a whole lot of trouble for Atlantis, Obviously, since we are aware of Atlantis’ existence, we should be more careful, We've seen the Avenging Son try to per- suade the navy to stop what they were doing, but he- cause Subby made the mistake of acting like a typical super-vllain when he first made visits to the surface, the navy regarded him as a monster. Namor wants to declare war on hiimans. He cares nothing for them, unlike Thor whg has suid, “All life — is precious beyond under- standing!” Did I not hear Namor say in ASTONISH #86 when. Krang flooded New York City, “Though 1 have little love for the witless humans — still, at such a mo- ment, I feel naught but pity for them.” Namor must have {gone crazy 10 now care no more for the humans than if they were ants. Nainor must also think that he's superior to anyone else. Does he go to Dragon's country to stop him from taking over the earth? Nope, it's because that “mere human” dared insult him by trying to become, his ally. Now, look, if you're going to have a guy like Subby as a hero, he's got to be a guy we admire. We can’t look tip to Subby as'a vengeful warmonger who can’t see both sides of the, question, I myself prefer stories in which Sobby fights other Marvel superheroes, but Subby has to he a misunderstood do-gooder like the Hulk, ’Nuff said Peter Sanderson, Je., 27 Gov, Belcher Lane Milton, Mass. 02186 You know us, Pete — we'll do almost anything to) ‘oblige! And, if the majority of you Sub-Mariner stab wacte want us to tur ly — bs AS Tor the future (likes day after tomorrow) we who knows? ee > " Dear Stan, Roy, and John, Tam the brother of a person whose letter wus printed in one of your magazines, Let me tell you how it happens. Every month I go to the store and buy all your comics, Oh, he gets a couple for his collections, but T bay the rest, like about eight more! 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