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Tales to Astonish #73

Nov 1965
Stan Lee, Bob Powell

Tales to Astonish #73 cover

Story Name:

Another World, Another Foe!


Synopsis

Tales to Astonish #73 synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 4 stars

Weakened by an imminent metamorphosis, Hulk falls under the Humanoids power. Fortunately, gamma rays irradiated by the Leader prevent the Hulk from turning into Bruce Banner, saving his life. 

In a lab, the Leader discovers the bullet in Hulk’s brain, and dissolves it. Learning what his enemy has done, Hulk accepts to help the Leader.

The villain wants the Hulk to get a device called the “Ultimate Machine” which holds the knowledge of the entire universe. 

A Watcher has this device.

The Leader sends the Hulk to the far spot in the cosmos the machine is at. But when he tries to grab it, he’s attacked by a powerful alien, Anphibious AKA Qnax, the Xanterean).

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Review / Commentaries


Tales to Astonish #73 Review by (February 14, 2024)

Review: Hulk decides he can trust the Leader! So the Leader sends him out to rob the Watcher…but first he must fight another big strong guy who probably has his own comic book on his home world! The big question? Does he share that comic with another hero or does he have one all to himself? Only the comics distributors know for sure!

With Subby swimming about, fighting baddies in caves for the third time in three issues, and hanging around with electric eels, the quest is starting to get a bit dull so we switch to a group of citizens trying to overthrow Warlord Krang, which isn’t a lot more interesting, with some awkward layouts and nothing particularly creative going on. And on the last page, Namor decides to rescue the damsel in distress, showing he is aware of the cliches too.

Hulk story: Hulk’s strength increases. Hulk travels to another world for the first time.

Subby story: Part four of seven parts. Only appearance of the Demon of the Diamonds. Electric eels are native only to the Amazon River. Penciler Gene Colan credited as Adam Austin.




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Elektra

This comic is in the following collection:
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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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Bob Powell
Mike Esposito
Unknown
Stan Goldberg (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Layouts: Jack Kirby. Letterer: Art Simek.

Characters

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Qnax
Qnax

(Qnax the Xanterean)
Sub-Mariner
Sub-Mariner

(Namor McKenzie)
Watcher
Watcher

(Uatu)



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