Astonishing Tales #4 [British]

(February 1971)

The Sun God! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited as Gerard Conway)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Sam Grainger (credited)

Colors

Sam Grainger ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

407Z

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Zaladane (villain); The Petrified Man; Tongah; Garokk, the Sun God [formerly Petrified Man]; The Vala-Kuri (introduction)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Petrified Man is turned into Garokk, the Sun God and he stops the attack on the Vala-Kuri by Zaladane and her people. Zaladane rejects Garokk and continues to attack Ka-Zar.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #4/1974 [first Swedish translation / första svenska översättningen]
• in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #5
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #47 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #7 ([June 1975])
• in Savage Tales Featuring Ka-zar (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (Summer 1975) [black and white]
• in Ka-Zar (Carlsen, 1979 series) #1 - Det vilde land (1979)
• in Ka-Zar (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([January] 2013)
• in Marvel Limited Edition. Ka-Zar (Panini España, 2015 series) (Abril 2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Super Poster Offer (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Marvelmania / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Invaders! (Table of Contents: 4)

Doctor Doom / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Lieber (credited)

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

Tom Palmer ? (sourced)

Letters

Jean Simek (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (villain); Exiles [Baldini; Iron-Hand Hauptmann; Krushki; Cadavus; Gruning; General Ching] (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

After the failed revolution, Doom takes off to the French Riviera while his subjects rebuild his castle. This gives the Red Skull the chance to take over the country of Latveria.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #2/1975
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #43 (14 Novembre 1972)
• in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (2e trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series) #15 (November 1978)
• in The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood (Marvel, 1982 series) (1982) [Page 2 only], (1982) [Page 1 only]
• in Sorcelleries (Neptune, 1982 series) (May 1982) [Page 2 seulement. La dernière case est remplacée par la case 4 de la page 5.], (May 1982) [Page 1 only]
• in Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Astonishing Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wally Wood (illustration)

Inks

Wally Wood (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from (and answers to) Richard Mackler, Larry Terwilliger, Peter Brown, Cathy Blais and Bob Fleming; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.