Astonishing Tales
#5
[Regular Edition]
(April 1971)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1971-01-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Silver Age U. S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
"This is your finish, Doom!" / Rampage!
Ka-Zar; Dr. Doom / cover / 1 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Buscema; Marie Severin (alterations)
- Inks:
- John Verpoorten; Marie Severin (alterations)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Genre:
- jungle; superhero
- Characters:
- Dr. Doom; Red Skull; Ka-Zar; Zabu
- Reprints:
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #44 (28 Novembre 1972) -
in Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004) [black and white] -
in Marvel Limited Edition. Ka-Zar (Panini España, 2015 series) (Abril 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (2 January 2008); the original indexer credited Frank Giacoia. Nick Caputo also added the Marie Severin credit (April 2011), noting that Marie added the Zabu figure. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.
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Rampage!
Ka-Zar / comic story / 10 pages
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mike Stevens
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Ka-Zar; Garokk (villain, death); Zaladane (villain, death); Guardian of the Pool (introduction, death); Tongah; Zabu
- Synopsis:
- Ka-Zar is taken to the Pool that Garokk drank from that made him immortal. He is attacked by the Guardian of the Pool but he manages to defeat him and then cast Garokk into the Pool where he loses his immortality and dies.
- Reprints:
- in Savage Tales Featuring Ka-zar (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (Summer 1975) [black and white]
-
in Ka-Zar (Forlaget Carlsen, 1979 series) #1 - Det vilde land (1979), #1 - Det vilde land (1979) [Page 1] - in Marvel Limited Edition. Ka-Zar (Panini España, 2015 series) (Abril 2015)
-
in Ka-Zar (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) #1
-
A Land Enslaved!
Dr. Doom / comic story / 10 pages
- Script:
- Larry Lieber
- Pencils:
- George Tuska
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mike Stevens
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Dr. Doom; Red Skull (villain); Exiles [Baldini; Iron-Hand Hauptmann; Krushki; Cadavus; Gruning; General Ching] (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Doom returns to Latveria and defeats Red Skull and his Exiles to regain his kingdom.
- Reprints:
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #44 (28 Novembre 1972)
- in Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series) #15 (November 1978) [-pages 1 and 2]
- in Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 1 and 2 of this story are not reprinted in the Super-Villain Team-Up #15 reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
"This is your finish, Doom!" / Rampage!
Ka-Zar; Dr. Doom -
1.
Rampage!
Ka-Zar -
2.
The Mighty Marvel Checklist
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
2 More Triumphs From Marvel
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD -
4.
A Land Enslaved!
Dr. Doom -
5.
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom With Which To Waste Some Time! [April 1971]; Stan Lee's Soapbox
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox -
6.
Astonishing Mails
Astonishing Mails
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Darrel McCann
- Jim Van Dore
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jim Walls
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Darrel McCann
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