Issue | #32 |
Published | November 1975 |
Frequency | Bi-Monthly |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Marv Wolfman ? |
Notes | Indicia title is Astonishing Tales & Deathlok. |
Characters | Deathlok [Luther Manning] |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Pencils | Rich Buckler (signed) |
Inks | Dan Adkins (signed) |
Letters | Irv Watanabe |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Deathlok [Luther Manning]; Major Simon Ryker; Mike Travers; Nina Ferry |
Synopsis | Deathlok manages to shoot down the helicopter and trails the mobster who knows which doctor turned him into a cyborg but is unable to get to him before he is killed. Deathlok vows to follow the money trail to the doctor if possible. Mike Travers thinks he has rescued Nina Ferry but she is still plugged into the Omni-Computer and their progress is being tracked by Major Ryker. |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Script | Rich Buckler (Plot, Script pages 1-5); Bill Mantlo (pages 6-17) |
Pencils | Rich Buckler (Layouts); Keith Pollard; Bob McLeod |
Inks | Rich Buckler; Keith Pollard; Bob McLeod; Al Milgrom; Marvel Bullpen |
Colors | Janice Cohen |
Letters | Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter |
Notes | Inks credit for Al Milgrom from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (2 January 2008), Gaspar Saladino Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Deathlok [Luther Manning] |
Pencils | Rich Buckler |
Inks | Pablo Marcos |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Letters from (and replies to) Jim Quinn, Ira P. Doborow, Brian Earl Brown and Anthony Jackowski. Also includes a partial reprint of a panel from Astonishing Tales #27. Appears between pages 12 and 13 of the story sequence. |
Characters | Dorothy Gale; Tin Woodman; Toto; Cowardly Lion; Scarecrow |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | ? (promo copy) |
Pencils | John Romita; ? |
Inks | John Romita; ? |
Notes | Promo for MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz (10" X 14", scripted by Roy Thomas and drawn by John Buscema, Tony deZuniga and the talented titans of the Tribe) using a reprint of the cover and another small illustration, appears between pages 12 and 13 of the story sequence. |
Synopsis | Stan Lee wishes Marv Wolfman lotsa luck as he takes over the editor reigns from Len Wein (who will do more script-writing), announces that 7-Eleven will feature 60 great Marvel superheroes and villains on their slurpee cups (including Stan the Man as a superhero), says hi to Terry Gilliam, the other members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Angela Bowie and David Bowie and plugs the latest issue of Celebrity starring Terry, Angela, David and others. Items about how the Marvel Bullpen lost their softball battles with Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine but beat John R. Wiley & Sons by a score of 18 to 7, a new treasury-sized publication called Marvel Special Edition has been added on a bi-monthly schedule so there is now a treasury-sized publication every month (first month starring Spider-Man), Giant-Size titles for this summer reprinting classic adventures are Avengers, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Conan, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man, Master of Kung Fu, Power Man, Thor and the X-Men, a Queen-Size edition of Millie the Model is also coming out, all of these are 68 pages for 50 cents, welcome back to Jack Kirby, welcome back to Irv Watanabe (who used to letter Fantastic Four), Don McGregor was on WHBI-FM's "The Big Sim Power Hour Show" to talk about his upcoming weekly radio series "Night Figure", Jim Mooney and wife Anne had a baby girl named Nolle, Steve Gerber has been hiding out since he finished the special "paranoia" issue of Crazy Magazine, Len Wein is getting back into scripting on Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Spider-Man, Herb Trimpe is switching from Hulk to Iron Man, a quick welcome to Duffy Vohland and Michele Brand who edit our seven British weeklies, say hello to Bonnie Smith who is the taking over from Michele Wolfman the job of reading and sorting (and responding) to the mail, Michele Wolfman is now pursuing a career as colorist, Tony Isabella broke his leg while playing softball against John Wiley & Sons and also got engaged to Barb Kepke and Irene Vartanoff, Scott Edelman and Roger Slifer didn't do anything but threaten to attack us if they weren't mentioned. Appears between pages 16 and 17 of the story sequence. |
Script | ? (promo copy); Stan Lee |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Hulk; Wendigo; Abomination |
Synopsis | Two young boys revive the Hulk with Hostess Fruit Pies after he has been beaten by the Abomination and the Wendigo. Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies, appears between pages 16 and 17 of the story sequence. |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | John Romita |
Inks | John Romita |
Characters | Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man; Dracula; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bruce Lee; Conan |
Synopsis | Promo for six posters for $1.00 each. Posters feature Hulk, Spider-Man, Dracula, Captain America, Bruce Lee and Conan. Buy three and the third one is free! |
Script | ? (promo copy) |
Pencils | Herb Trimpe; John Romita; Neal Adams; John Romita; Neal Adams; Neal Adams |
Inks | Herb Trimpe; John Romita; Neal Adams; John Romita; Neal Adams; Neal Adams |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Advertisement for FOOM with a coupon for ordering. |
Script | ? (promo copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Spider-Man; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor |
Synopsis | Promo for Marvel T-Shirts coming in 7 sizes ($2.50 for boy size, $3.95 for man-size and $4.50 for sweat shirt). |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | ? (promo copy) |
Letters | Typeset |