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Tales to Astonish #101

Mar 1968
Stan Lee, Marie Severin

Tales to Astonish #101 cover

Story Name:

Where Walk The Immortals


Synopsis

Tales to Astonish #101 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3 stars
Bruce Banner is discovered by Loki, the Norse God of Mischief who changes him back into the Hulk and transports him to Asgard, hoping that the rampaging giant will distract Odin from Thor's plight. 

Hulk defeats Heimdall, guardian of the Rainbow Bridge and is confronted by the great Warriors Three: Hogun, Fandral and Volstagg. Hulk easily stops their attack and refuses to fight anymore. Fandral realizes that Hulk is under some sort of spell, so they ask the Asgard army to avoid assailing him. 

Loki tries to provoke a battle, but the Warriors Three do not rise to the bait. Fandral invites the Hulk to cross the Bottomless Chasm with them to seek the wisdom of Oldar the Oracle. As he leaps the Chasm, a vengeful Loki transforms Hulk into Bruce Banner. and our hero plunges into the abyss!


Story #2

“…and Evil Shall Beckon!

Writer: Archie Goodwin. Penciler: Gene Colan. Inker: Dan Adkins. Colorist: Unknown. Letterer: Art Simek.

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Resting after his battle with the Hulk, Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is beset by nightmares of a sinister figure taunting him, challenging Namor to seek him out and destroy him. He awakens with a shock. To clear his head, Namor flies through the skies, pondering a means of convincing his nation that he is not a traitor. He is detected by a US radar station and a jet is dispatched to investigate. The pilot recognizes him and fires two missiles at him to scare him off…but Namor catches the missiles and hurls them back at the jet, shooting it down but allowing the pilot to eject….

Meanwhile, in Atlantis, bombed to ruins by the Plunderer, Lady Dorma and Lord Vashti bemoan the city’s destruction. She then speaks with Warlord Seth about Namor having redeemed himself by his sacrifice to save the city as Seth hopes to move in on her once she has mourned Namor….

Namor is drawn toward the Antarctic by some inner sense. He punches his way through a mountain to uncover a tunnel. He heads through until he comes to a frozen city where he is attacked by an icy warrior whose blows come with a paralyzing cold. Namor smashes the giant through a wall of ice and he follows, only to come face-to-face with the figure from his nightmares….

Story continues in IRON MAN AND SUB-MARINER #1



 

Review / Commentaries


Tales to Astonish #101 Review by (November 19, 2024)

Review: And as if he didn’t already have enough trouble, Hulk becomes the pawn of Loki. If there is any plot that is overused in the 1960s history of Hulk, it’s Jade Jaws being duped or brainwashed into serving some powerful bad guy. We just had the Living Lightning in issues #97-99 then Puppet Master in #100 and now it’s Loki’s turn. And it’s all a pretext for Hulk to fight a bunch of Asgardians—which is totally cool, another exciting battle issue.

And Namor is also sorely troubled, by nightmares, memories of betrayal, a fighter plane, and an icy warrior. At least he’s not threatening the surface world with war…for now. Gene Colan’s style has matured quite a bit since his debut in issue #70 and things will get even better. Too bad about Dorma and Seth who have to converse while being nearly buried under word balloons.

Comments: Final issue of series; title becomes THE INCREDIBLE HULK with issue #102.

GCD states that the cover was partially revised by Jack Kirby and Syd Shores.

Hulk story: Part one of two parts. For the Asgardians, this story takes place in the middle of THOR #147.

Subby story: Part one of four parts. Atlantis was destroyed in issue #98, Namor believed killed in #99. First (brief) appearance of Destiny (Paul Destine). The Sub-Mariner’s tale continues in the IRON MAN AND SUB-MARINER one-shot, then SUB-MARINER (1968) #1.  

The letters page includes one by future comics historian Michael Barson.




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Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1-6, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #100, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #102, and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #59-99 and #101.

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Marie Severin
Dan Adkins
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Marie Severin (Cover Penciler)
Frank Giacoia (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits

Editor-in-chief: Marie Severin.

Characters

All stories. Listed in alphabetical order.

Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Hogun
Hogun

(Hogun the Grim)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Sub-Mariner
Sub-Mariner

(Namor McKenzie)
Loki
Loki

(Loki Laufeyson)
Plus: Destiny (Paul Destine), Warlord Seth.

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