Astonishing Tales
#9
[British]
(December 1971)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.06 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- 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
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price.
This issue is a variant of Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #9.
This issue is a variant of Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #9.
Man Vs. Beast-- In A Savage Land!
Ka-Zar / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Iranda
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1093/w200/1093543.jpg?-2531710397392072555)
The Legend of the Lizard Men!
Ka-Zar / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- 633Z
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Iranda (villain, introduction, death); Lizard Men (introduction); Lowani
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- When Ka-Zar goes in search of missing women and men from a local village, he finds the woman, Iranda and the Lizard Men. She takes him to her castle where he sees one of the missing women. When he tries to rescue her, the Lizard Men attack him. He is barely able to escape but when he does, he takes Iranda's crown with him. With her crown gone, at moonrise her enchantment wears off and she becomes a Lizard being. After she dies, her enchantments fade and the Lizard Men turn back into the missing warriors from the village.
- Reprints
-
in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #2/1975 -
in Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #5 (July 1974) [with altered dialogue] which is reprinted -
in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #10 ([February 1974]) -
in Mundo de Aventuras Especial (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1975 series) #2 (18 de Agosto de 1975) -
in Une Aventure de Ka-Zar (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #2 - L'île maudite (3ième trimestre 1976) [page 1 only] - in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019) - in Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar (Marvel, 2013 series) #3 (2022)
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #51 (1er trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Hulk pocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
-
in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979) -
in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1 - in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mai 1982)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([January] 2013)
- in Marvel Limited Edition. Ka-Zar (Panini España, 2015 series) (Abril 2015) [Detalle de la pág. 1], (Abril 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
This story takes place after the story in Savage Tales #1 and before the story in Astonishing Tales #8.
Tom-Toms of Danger!
Lorna, the Jungle Girl / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-96
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Chief Akabi; Moki
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Moki uses the sound of Tom-Tom's to drive all of the Gabu into a war frenzy so that he can take over the jungle.
- Reprints
- from Lorna the Jungle Girl (Marvel, 1954 series) #14 (July 1955) [4 pages only]
-
Indexer Notes
This issue reprints only the first four pages of the original story. Job number comes from the Atlas Tales website. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprint.
[The Green Opal!]
Lorna, the Jungle Girl / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-97
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Subu; Alexei; The Green Opal
- Synopsis
- Alexei and Subu surrender when The Green Opal warns them that if they don't stop abusing it's name and power it will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
- Reprints
- from Lorna the Jungle Girl (Marvel, 1954 series) #14 (July 1955) [2 pages only]
-
Indexer Notes
This issue only reprints the last two pages of the original story. Job number comes from the Atlas Tales website. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprint.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Man Vs. Beast-- In A Savage Land!
Ka-Zar -
1.
The Legend of the Lizard Men!
Ka-Zar -
2.
Tom-Toms of Danger!
Lorna, the Jungle Girl -
3.
[The Green Opal!]
Lorna, the Jungle Girl
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