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Issue: Astonishing Tales #9
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #9 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: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Man Vs. Beast-- In A Savage Land!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar
Character(s): Ka-zar; Iranda; Zabu
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Legend of the Lizard Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Buscema
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar
Character(s): Ka-zar; Iranda (villain, introduction, death); Lizard Men (introduction); Zabu; Lowani
Synopsis: When Ka-Zar goes in search of missing women and men from a local village, he finds the woman, Iranda and the Lizard Men. She takes him to her castle where he sees one of the missing women. When he tries to rescue her, the Lizard Men attack him. He is barely able to escape but when he does, he takes Iranda's crown with him. With her crown gone, at moonrise her enchantment wears off and she becomes a Lizard being. After she dies, her enchantments fade and the Lizard Men turn back into the missing warriors from the village.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSavage Tales #5 published July 1974
as The Legend of the Lizard Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with altered dialogue
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published ?
as Die Legende der Echsenmänner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 633Z
Disclose Notes: This story takes place after the story in Savage Tales #1 and before the story in Astonishing Tales #8.
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Tom-Toms of Danger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico
Penciller(s): Jay Scott Pike
Inker(s): Jay Scott Pike
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Lorna, the Jungle Girl
Character(s): Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Chief Akabi; Moki
Synopsis: Moki uses the sound of Tom-Tom's to drive all of the Gabu into a war frenzy so that he can take over the jungle.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagLorna the Jungle Girl #14 published July 1955
was Tom-Toms of Danger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]4 pages only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: G-96
Disclose Notes: This issue reprints only the first four pages of the original story. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprint.
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The Green Opal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico
Penciller(s): Jay Scott Pike
Inker(s): Jay Scott Pike
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Lorna, the Jungle Girl
Character(s): Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Subu; Alexei; The Green Opal
Synopsis: Alexei and Subu surrender when The Green Opal warns them that if they don't stop abusing it's name and power it will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagLorna the Jungle Girl #14 published July 1955
was The Green Opal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-97
Disclose Notes: This issue only reprints the last two pages of the original story. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprint.

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