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Tales to Astonish#85
Cover: Bill Everett
Tales to Astonish #85
“-- And One Shall Die”
writer Stan Lee · artist Gene Colan · inker Bill Everett · letterer Artie Simek · cover Bill Everett
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Cast · 12 characters
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writer Stan Lee
artist Gene Colan
inker Bill Everett
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett
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Namor suffers extreme pain in his head, unaware that Number One of the Secret Empire has activated devices in his ears, in an effort to control him so he can kill the Hulk for him. Meanwhile Hulk, trying to get away from crowds and police, climbs a skyscraper and approaches the penthouse lair of Number One. The Secret Empire leader sets a bomb to go off when Hulk enters, thereby giving him the fame that he seeks when Hulk dies. The bomb goes off, Hulk is unhurt, but Number One is caught in the blast when his robe gets caught in the door as he closes it.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).