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Issue: Amazing Adventures #18
Publication Date: May 1973
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Issues: #18 of 39 Issues (75 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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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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They Call Him -- Killraven!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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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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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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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. Credits from text article.
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War of the Words

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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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
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A First for Marvel!

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Death
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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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