(February 1972)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-11-16 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
To Die In Flames!
Ka-Zar / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott; John Romita (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (sourced)
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Zabu figure by John Romita. Info per Nick Caputo.
![Cover Thumbnail for Astonishing Tales (1970 series) #10 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/945/w100/945338.jpg?-8260032672063852486)
To End In Flame!
Ka-Zar / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Job Number
- 809-Z
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Bobbi Morse (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Zabu; Germans of Lost Lake (villains); Heinrich Draco (introduction, death); Paul Allen (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Heida; Gerhad Draco; Captain Christopher (introduction, death); Jonathan Christopher
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Ka-Zar uncovers the truth that Heinrich Draco and Captain Christopher, the leaders of the two warring factions in New Britannia, know that the war is over and are prolonging it for their own reasons. He and Zabu manage to stop the two when they try to blow up the Savage Land by dropping a bomb into a volcano.
- Reprints
-
in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #10 (December 28, 1974) [Pages 1-11] -
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #50 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #11 (January 4 1975) [Pages 12-21 plus new splash]
-
in Ka-Zar (Carlsen, 1979 series) #1 - Det vilde land (1979) -
in Ka-Zar (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) #1 (1979) -
in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (March 1988) [black and white] - in Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([January] 2013)
-
in Marvel Limited Edition. Ka-Zar (Panini España, 2015 series) (Abril 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
This story is continued from issue #8.
Adventures of the Lee Family
Lee Rider Jackets and Jeans / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Mike Lee; Tom Lee; Danny Lee; Ranger
- Synopsis
- The Lee Family help put out a forest fire using Lee Rider jackets.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Lee Rider jackets and jeans.
The Sensuous Bullpen [February 1972]
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?; Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto; typeset
- Characters
- Adam Warlock
Indexer Notes
Items about how comic books are now being read on college campuses, information on the two new comics this month (Tomb of Dracula and Marvel Premiere featuring Warlock), Marvel artists that were at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Stan Lee shaved his beard, Al Kurzrok vacationed in Haiti, and Barry Windsor-Smith vacationed in England. Stan Lee addressed the change in price this month (without giving any information). Marvel checklist for comics now on sale! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #119, Spider-Man #105, Thor #196, Avengers #96, Captain America & The Falcon #146, Hulk #148, Daredevil #84, Sub-Mariner #46, Astonishing Tales #10, Sgt. Fury #95, Tomb of Dracula #1 and Marvel Premiere #1. Warlock illo by John Romita.
[no title indexed]
Astonishing Mails / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from (and answers to) Lee Bucher, Carl Waluconis and Steve Allsup. Roy Thomas identifies himself as writer of the letter column.
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0.
To Die In Flames!
Ka-Zar -
1.
To End In Flame!
Ka-Zar -
2.
Adventures of the Lee Family
Lee Rider Jackets and Jeans -
3.
The Sensuous Bullpen [February 1972]
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox -
4.
[no title indexed]
Astonishing Mails
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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