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Issue: Astonishing Tales #16
Publication Date: February 1973
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Issues: #16 of 36 Issues (70 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: £0.06 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US and later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Jungle Lord Stalks Pusher--In the Heart of a Hostile Land!

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Genres: jungle
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Disclose Notes: Background scenes by Kane/Sutton from an interior story, per George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B (probably from the previous issue since that appears to be the only time Kane and Sutton worked on a Ka-Zar story together). Starlin pencils per original artwork. Previous indexer credited Rich Buckler.
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To Stalk a City!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Dr. Wilma Calvin; The Pusher (villain); Vinnie [Percy Ronald Calvin]; Quinn; Jackers; Henry Calvin (flashback, dead); Frank
Synopsis: Ka-Zar defeats The Pusher and helps to save Vinnie's life. Dr. Calvin wakes up and is relieved to find out that her son is with her and is a hero.
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Awesome Announcements for You to Conjure with, Ponder Over-And Yawn At! [February 1973]

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Disclose Notes: Stan Lee shares a letter from Stephen C. Nazzaro, co-chairperson of the Northern Educational Service Coordinating Committee at University of Massachusetts, praising Marvel Comics for their assistance in their tutoring program. Items about how Marvel is going to deal with their deadline problems by planning a fill-in issue for every series, specifics on the Spider-Man "extra" tale being a reworking of the Spider-Man Spectacular #2 story by John Romita and Gerry Conway, a report that Ross Andru will be helping John Buscema get ahead on the Fantastic Four, Billy Graham recently M.C.'d a comedy show in Greenwich Village's famous Village Gate night club, Ross Andru did the artwork for a recent Shanna the She-Devil issue, Chic Stone has returned and is the artist on Red Wolf, Bill Everett is currently working on Sub-Mariner but he has trouble making deadlines, Roy Thomas just got back from vacation and Steve Englehart and Gerry Conway are both going to California and hints that the next two series to be premiered are Thongor of Lost Lemuria and War of the Worlds. Marvel checklist for comics now on sale! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #129, Supernatural Thrillers #2, Doc Savage #3, Vault of Evil #1, Journey Into Mystery #3, SHIELD #1, Spider-Man #117, Thor #208, Iron Man #55, Astonishing Tales #16, Conan the Barbarian #23, Crazy #1, Marvel Spotlight #4, Fear #12 and Little Kids #10. Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the story sequence.
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The Adventures of Corgi Boy

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Character(s): Corgi Boy
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various automobile replicas such as Mercedes Benz C111 and Porsche Targa 911s. Sold by Reeves International, Inc.

In Africa in search of a lost city, Corgi Boy, while driving his Surtees TS9 Formula I racer, defeats a three-headed monster.
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The Terrific Ten

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Feature(s): NBC
Character(s): Adam; Evy; The Jetsons; The Houndcats; The Roman Holidays; The Barkleys; Sealab 2020; Jerry Mahoney
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Disclose Notes: Ad for NBC's new Saturday morning line-up. Appears between pages 11 and 12 of the story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: Includes letters from (and answers to) Donna Earle, Lee M. VanNatter, Bethany Holley and G. Dennis Gibbons. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of the story sequence.
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First Line: Here they come!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Chopcycles toy motorcycles from Mattel.
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