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Issue: Astonishing Tales #2
Publication Date: October 1970
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Issues: #2 of 36 Issues (70 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Ka-Zar Battles Kraven! / Our Master of Menace--At the Mercy of the Doomsman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Verpoorten
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morrie Kuramoto
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Feature(s): Ka-Zar; Dr. Doom
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Kraven; Zabu; Dr. Doom; The Doomsman; Prince Rudolfo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Super-Villain Team-Up #1 published November 2004
as Astonishing Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Frenzy On the Fortieth Floor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Barry Windsor-Smith ?; Marie Severin ?
Inker(s): Sam Grainger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Kraven; The Petrified Man (introduction); Zabu
Synopsis: Ka-Zar tracks down Kraven in New York and frees Zabu.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published ?
as Kampf im vierzigsten Stock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Partly redrawn: Page 2 panel 1; page 4 panel 3; page 5 panels 2 and 3; page 10 panels 5 and possibly 2 (Ka-Zar redrawn by uncredited artists). The Ka-Zar face in page 2 panel 1 is possibly by Barry Smith (who pencilled the Ka-Zar story in Astonishing Tales #3) but the Ka-Zar figures in page 4 panel 3 and page 5 panels 2 and 3 are by a different artist again, possibly Marie Severin.
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The Mighty Marvel Checklist

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mighty Marvel Checklist
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #103, Spider-Man #89, Silver Surfer #18, Thor #180, Avengers #80, Captain America #130, Hulk #132, Iron Man #30, Sub-Mariner #30, Astonishing Tales #2, Conan the Barbarian #1, Spoof #1, Daredevil #68, Chamber of Darkness #7, Special Marvel Edition #1, Marvel's Greatest Comics #29, Ka-Zar #2, Fantastic Four King-Size #8 and Spider-Man King-Size #7. Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the first story.
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Super Poster Offer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): John Romita (signed); Jack Kirby (signed); Jim Steranko (signed); Herb Trimpe (signed)
Inker(s): John Romita (signed); Jack Kirby (signed); Jim Steranko (signed); Herb Trimpe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvelmania
Character(s): Spider-Man; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Dr. Octopus; Dr. Doom; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Red Skull; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Leader
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for posters of Spider-Man, Dr. Doom, Captain America and the Hulk, with a subscription to Marvelmania also included. Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the first story.
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Revolution!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): Tom Palmer ?
Letterer(s): Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Doom
Character(s): Dr. Doom; The Faceless One (introduction); Prince Rudolfo; Prince Rudolfo (Robot) (destroyed); Doomsman; Ramona
Synopsis: Prince Rudolfo escape's Doom's dungeons and leads another attack on the castle with the help of The Faceless One and the Doomsman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #41 published October 1972
as Rivoluzione [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagClimax Adventure Comic #15 published January 1974
as Revolution [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood #[nn] published January 1982
as Revolution! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 1 omitted
In Content Item: FlagSorcelleries #[nn] published May 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 1 omise
In Content Item: FlagEssential Super-Villain Team-Up #1 published November 2004
as Revolution! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Possible Palmer coloring per information in Marvelmania # 2.
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Two More Triumphs For Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): John Romita; Marie Severin
Inker(s): John Verpoorten; Bill Everett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four; Ka-Zar
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl; Thing]; Sub-Mariner; Ka-Zar; Zabu; Daredevil; Plunderer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement reproducing covers for Fantastic Four King-Size #8 and Ka-Zar #2.

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