Astonishing Tales #5

(April 1971)

Rampage! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Mike Stevens (credited)

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Garokk (death) (villain); Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Zaladane (death) (villain); Guardian of the Pool (introduction, death); Tongah

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 Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #5/1974
• in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #6
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #47 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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), #1 - Det vilde land (1979) [Page 1]
• in Ka-Zar (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) #1 (1979) [splash page used as cover], #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)

The Mighty Marvel Checklist (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

2 More Triumphs From Marvel (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Land Enslaved! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Larry Lieber (credited)

Pencils

George Tuska (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Mike Stevens (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Exiles [Angelo Baldini (villain); Franz Cadavus (villain); General Ching (villain); Eric Gruning (villain); Jurgen Hauptmann (villain); Ivan Krushki (villain)]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (villain)

Synopsis

Dr. Doom returns to Latveria and defeats Red Skull and his Exiles to regain his kingdom.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #2/1975
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #44 (28 Novembre 1972)
• in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (2e trimestre 1975)
• 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.

Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom With Which To Waste Some Time! [April 1971] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Astonishing Mails (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from (and answers to) Ron Andrukitis, James Dixon, Mike Scorzelli, Paul Karasik and Daniel L. Gheno.