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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
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Jack Kirby cover; 1st Silver Age app of Sub-Mariner; 1st "Flame On"; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)


Before bringing back Captain America in 1963, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby experimented with reviving Golden Age star Namor the Sub-Mariner for 1961's Fantastic Four #4. Typically, the team also turned up the drama. Where the Golden Age Namor was a tortured anti-hero, the Silver Age Namor was happily settled into hating humans. Sue Storm was the sole exception, which made Namor specifically enraged at her fellow members of the Fantastic Four. This amazing return would help to establish the new comic as one of the most gloriously inventive of all Silver Age Marvel titles—with Namor's continuing popularity ensuring that this copy remains a top collectible.