Sub-Mariner 1968 #27 - 6.5 - $24.99

• First app: Commander Kraken

Using his giant squid sub, Commander Kraken (a pirate with a clawed hook for one hand) wreaks havoc on the surface attacking ships carrying Radium. He eventually captures Dorma and Diane Arliss and tries to use them to get Sub-Mariner to join his group of pirates. Ultimately Namor frees the women and escapes, luring Commander Kraken to a deep part of the ocean where the real Kraken (a gigantic octopus) lives. The Kraken destroys Commander Kraken and his sub.

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
• - Ad for Fayd Skin Cream. Between story pages 3 and 4.
• - Between story pages 6 and 7, on top half of page.
• - Ad for Marvelmania International on lower half of page, between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Ad for info on baseball game. Sender receives details, free player card, all-time oddities and 1970 proposed team rosters. Between pages 6 and 7 on top half of page.
• - Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters from Honor House Products. Between story pages 6 and 7 on lower half of page.
• - Ad for sales people to sell Grit newspapers. Between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
• - Ad for free "Drafting Career Kit". Between story pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
• History of the Comics - Ad for Steranko?s book, ?History of the Comics?. On lower half of page, beneath story half-page number 12.
• - Bottom page ad for collectible coins, beneath story half-page numbered 13.
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Between story pages 15 and 16.
• Shop by Mail - Various classified-style ads. between story pages numbered 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Items; Satan?s Soapbox; a thumbnail promo ad for Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #177 & Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #79
• Polaris Nuclear Sub - Ad for a (cardboard) sub over 7 feet long, big enough for 2 kids from Honor House Products. Located on top half of page.
• - Advertisment for book on learning Karate. Located on lower half of page.
• - Includes a letter from Bernie Bubnis, a fan who put together the first New York Comic Book Convention. Also includes ?Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.?
• - Ad for the Famous Artists School.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for fishing equipment.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.