Astonishing Tales
Astonishing Tales | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Schedule | Bimonthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | (Volume 1) August 1970 – July 1976 (Volume 2) April 2009 – September 2009 |
No. of issues | (Volume 1) 36 (Volume 2) 6 |
Editor(s) | ISBN 0-7851-1545-5 |
Astonishing Tales is an American anthology comic book series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1970 to 1976. Its sister publication was Amazing Adventures (vol. 2).[1]
In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11
Publication history
Ka-Zar and Doctor Doom
Astonishing Tales began as a split title with solo features starring the jungle lord
"Ka-Zar" was initially by the longstanding and highly influential team of writer and Marvel editor-in-chief
A variety of creative teams followed, with Lee, Thomas, Conway and Len Wein individually writing or collaborating on stories before Mike Friedrich became regular writer with issue #14 (Dec. 1972). Pencilers included Dan Adkins, Rich Buckler, Gil Kane, and John Buscema, plus a Buscema-Neal Adams collaboration on one issue. The feature ended with issue #20 (Oct. 1973).[2]
It! and Deathlok
Astonishing Tales #21–24 (Dec. 1973–June 1974) featured "It! The Living Colossus",[9] starring a stone giant introduced in an anthological science fiction-monster story in Tales of Suspense #14 (Feb. 1961), with a sequel in issue #20 (Aug. 1961). Tony Isabella and Dick Ayers comprised the modern feature's writer-artist team.[2][10]
The final feature in Astonishing Tales starred and introduced Deathlok, a conflicted cyborg who predated the popular film character RoboCop by several years. At least two major iterations of the character, featuring different individuals, starred in series in the 1990s and 2000s. Created by artist Rich Buckler, who devised the initial concept, and writer Doug Moench,[11] the feature ran from #25–28 and 30–36 (Aug. 1974 – Feb. 1975 and June 1975 – July 1976), the final issue. Bill Mantlo scripted issues #32–35, with Buckler himself scripting the finale.[2] Buckler described Deathlok as "an extension of a paranoid fantasy. He was a representation of part of my outlook and world view. He was a culmination of many of the messages in some of the music of the time. He was part of some of the things going wrong in our country at the time. Maybe he was the science that was going wrong".[12] Artist George Pérez made his professional comics debut with a two-page backup feature in issue #25.[13]
The last two issues were released in both a 25-cent and a 30-cent edition.[14] Issue #29 (April 1975) was a fill-in that reprinted an edited version of the first Guardians of the Galaxy story, from Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (Jan. 1969).[2]
In addition to Astonishing Tales' sister publication,
Volume 2
In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11
- Astonishing Tales: Daredevil (2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Dominic Fortune (2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Iron Man (2008)
- Astonishing Tales: Iron Man 2020 (2008–2009)
- Astonishing Tales: M.O.D.O.K.(2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld (2008–2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Sabra(2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Shiver Man (2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (2009)
- Astonishing Tales: The Thing(2009)
- Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/Punisher (2008–2009)
Several stories from those series were reprinted in the six-issue limited series Astonishing Tales (vol. 2) (April–Sept. 2009).[17]
Collected editions
- ISBN 978-0785115458
- Essential Man-Thing Volume 1 includes Astonishing Tales #12–13, 600 pages, December 2006, ISBN 978-0785121350
- ISBN 978-0785159575
- Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok Volume 1 includes Astonishing Tales #25–28 and #30–36, 352 pages, November 2009, ISBN 978-0785130505
- ISBN 978-1302913908
References
- ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ a b c d e f g Astonishing Tales (1970) at the Grand Comics Database
- ISBN 978-0756641238.)
Marvel's second split book of 1970 gave two longtime Marvel stars their own series. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby collaborated on the first installment of the new series starring Ka-Zar...Marvel's greatest villain, Dr. Doom, also received his own series, scripted by Roy Thomas and drawn...[by] Wally Wood.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 147
- ^ Conway, Gerry (w), Smith, Barry (p), Everett, Bill (i). "'Ware the Winds of Death" Astonishing Tales, no. 6 (June 1971).
- ^ Grant, Steven (w), Janes, Jimmy (p), Patterson, Bruce (i). "...And No Birds Sing!" Marvel Team-Up, no. 95 (July 1980).
- ^ Wein, Len; Friedrich, Mike (w), Tuska, George (p), Esposito, Mike (i). "This Badge Bedeviled!" Astonishing Tales, no. 8 (October 1971).
- ^ Friedrich, Mike (w), Adkins, Dan (p), Chiaramonte, Frank (i). "Target: Ka-Zar!" Astonishing Tales, no. 17 (April 1973).
- ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 161: "It, the immense stone statue from Tales of Suspense #14 (Feb. 1961), won his own series in Astonishing Tales #21".
- ^ Markstein, Don (2008). "It, The Living Colossus". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 166: "Created by artist Rich Buckler and writer Doug Moench, the original Deathlok was Colonel Luther Manning, a soldier in an alternate, post-apocalyptic future".
- Yahoo! Voices. Archived from the originalon July 29, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ISBN 1-933305-15-0.
- ^ Astonishing Tales #36 at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Marvel News". Marvelmania Magazine. 1970. p. 30.
- ^ Marvel Digital Comics (Online) at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators:
- ^ Astonishing Tales (II) (2009) at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
External links
- Astonishing Tales (1970) at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Astonishing Tales (1970) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Guion, Richard (November 17, 2014). "Astonishing Tales 25 and the Birth of Deathlok, with insights from Rich Buckler!". Giant-Size Marvel. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.