- Script
- Rich Buckler (credited) (plot, concept); Doug Moench (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Buckler (credited) (primary inks); Klaus Janson (sourced) (ink assist); Al Milgrom (sourced) (ink assist); Mike Esposito (sourced) (ink assist)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as G. Wein)
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki (credited as A. Kawecki)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Face wrapped in bristling fear.
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Deathlok [Luther Manning] (featured, introduction, origin); Nina Ferry (introduction); Major Simon Ryker (villain, introduction); Curtis Giles (death); Dr. Wilkins; Jim; Julian Biggs (destroyed)
- Universe
- Marvel : Earth-7484
- Synopsis
- Deathlok is shown to be a cybernetic organism with a human mind that has the ability to override its internal computer. Deathlok has a flashback showing that his old army buddy Major Simon Ryker is responsible for his creation. The conclusion of the story reveals that Simon Ryker is also a cyborg.
- Reprints
- in Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1973 series) #121 (22 de Janeiro de 1976)
- in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #9 (1er trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Los Insuperables (Ediciones Vértice, 1978 series) #26 (January 1979)
- in Star Wars Weekly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #89 (7 November 1979) [pages 1-6 only]
- in Heróis da TV (Editora Abril, 1979 series) #69 (março de 1985)
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Deathlok (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) (Diciembre 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
- in A Coleção Oficial de Graphic Novels Marvel: Clássicos (Salvat, 2015 series) #31 - Deathlok: Origem ([setembro] 2017)
- in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #134 - Деслок: Начало
- in Le meilleur des super-héros Marvel (Hachette, 2016 series) #92 - Deathlok (juin 2019)
Inking information from the text article in the issue.
- Script
- Doug Moench (credited as D.M.)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited as George Perez); Rich Buckler (Deathlok figure)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited); Rich Buckler (Deathlok figure)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeah, cinematic, man.
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Rich Buckler; Deathlok [Luther Manning] (Earth-7484); Doug Moench
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- After the writer and artist keep throwing discarded ideas for a new character in the waste basket, Deathlok rises from it.
- Reprints
This two-page humor strip is George Pérez' first published work.
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from: Brian Wilkes Prescott, Gil Johnson, and Tom Garland.
- Pencils
- John Romita (illustration)
- Inks
- John Romita (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]
Illustration from Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 cover.