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Issue: Astonishing Tales #19
Publication Date: August 1973
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Issues: #19 of 36 Issues (70 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
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: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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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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The Super-Soldier Strikes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Romita
Inker(s): John Romita
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morrie Kuramoto
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Zabu; Victorius
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.
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...And Men Shall Name Him--Victorius!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Friedrich
Penciller(s): Dan Adkins (pages 1-15); Jim Starlin (pages 16-19)
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): David Hunt
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Zabu; (Barbara) Bobbi Morse; Victorius [Professor Victor Conrad] (villain); Gemini [Damian Link with Joshua Link's mind controlling] (villain); Lord Parnival Plunder [Plunderer](villain); A.I.M.; Nick Fury; Gog (flashback)
Synopsis: Victorius kidnaps Bobbi Morse and takes her to his AIM fortress. Nick Fury gives Ka-Zar the super-soldier serum and sends him after them. When Ka-Zar arrives he throws away the super-soldier serum before going in to face Victorius. Ka-Zar defeats Gemini and Lord Plunder and battles Victorius to a standstill as Bobbi goes outside to look for the serum.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: 1498-Z
Disclose Notes: Jim Starlin is credited on page 16 panel 1 in an editorial framed text that reads "Lest we forget, people, let's thank jingoin' Jim Starlin for stepping in on a crisis and pencilling these final four pages! -- Roy, Mike & Dan!"
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He's Coming Your Way!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): Mike Ploog
Inker(s): Mike Ploog
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monsters Unleashed
Character(s): Monster of Frankenstein
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Monsters Unleashed #2 using an illustration of the Monster of Frankenstein and listing other contents of the issue. Appears between pages 16 and 17 of the story sequence.
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ou Mutterings! [August 1973]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Items about the fourth and final new magazine Vampire Tales which includes a Morbius series by Steve Gerber and Tom Sutton, the second issue of Monsters Unleashed is on sale with a new serial starring The Monster of Frankenstein, Defenders and Marvel Premiere have been promoted to monthly status for the summer, welcome aboard to Bob Brown who has signed on to do The Avengers and Warlock, Jim Mooney has graduated from inking to penciling Marvel Team-Up, The Mark of Satan and Brother Voodoo will be premiering next month and even though the bullpen sometimes makes mistakes they are filled with beaming pride every month when they get their own stack of the current crop of Marvel comics.
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FOOM!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): FOOM
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a subscription to FOOM describing what is included (a 22" x 28" poster, a membership card, a fistful of stick-ons, full year's subscription to FOOM magazine and a special surprise envelope that everything comes in).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Astonishing Mails
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from (and answers to) Joe Bailey, Charley Parker and George Hong.
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Fear Lives--In the Haunt of Horror!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Haunt of Horror
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for the upcoming Haunt of Horror #1 digest book, including a listing of the writers and artists involved.

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