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Issue: Amazing Adventures #18
Publication Date: May 1973
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Issues: #18 of 39 Issues (75 Printings)
Title:
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: 02/20/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #93, January 1973.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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They Call Him -- Killraven!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Killraven
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Killraven #1 published January 2005
as Amazing Adventures #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Amazing Adventures #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The War of the Worlds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Killraven [Jonathan Raven] (introduction, origin); Maureen Raven (Killraven's mother, introduction, flashback, Death); Joshua Raven (Killraven's brother, later known as Deathraven, flashback); Dr. Ann Carver (flashback, Death); Dagger; Mayor of New York; The Keeper [Dr. Raker] (Death); Saunders (flashback); The Martians (villain, introduction); The Martian Masters (villain, introduction); Scrapper (villain, introduction); The Sirens (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Killraven gets his revenge on the Keeper but discovers that it is a hollow victory.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Killraven #1 published January 2005
as The War of the Worlds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as The War of the Worlds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: 1396Z
Disclose Notes: Series concept by Roy Thomas, original plot and lead character by Neal Adams. Some concepts taken from H.G. Wells's novel. Story includes flashbacks to the 1901 and 2001 invasion.
Art credits do not state which pages are by Neal Adams and which are by Howard Chaykin. The credits on page 7 simply state art by Neal Adams & Howard Chaykin, inked by F Chiaramonte. Text article War of the Words describes Howard Chaykin as "finishing up the last half of the book nearly overnight". Earlier versions of this entry have Adams pencilling pages 1 - 11 and Chaykin 12 - 20. Chaykin confirms having drawn page 7.
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War of the Words

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Describes the creative process that led to the Killraven story. No letters this issue.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Killraven #1 published January 2005
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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A First for Marvel!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Death
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Haunt of Horror. This is the digest-size prose series that lasted only two issues. Haunt of Horror Magazine (Marvel, 1973 Series).

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