- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited) (conceived); Gerry Conway (credited); Neal Adams (plot)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited) (pages 1-6, 8-11. See Notes.); Howard Chaykin (credited) (pages 7,12-20. See Notes.)
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte (credited)
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
- Job Number
- 1396Z
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Killraven [Jonathan Raven] (introduction, origin); Maureen Raven (Killraven's mother, introduction, flashback, Death); Joshua Raven (Killraven's brother, later known as Deathraven, flashback); Dr. Ann Carver (flashback, Death); Dagger; Mayor of New York; The Keeper [Dr. Raker] (Death); Saunders (flashback); The Martians (villain, introduction); The Martian Masters (villain, introduction); Scrapper (villain, introduction); The Sirens (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Killraven gets his revenge on the Keeper but discovers that it is a hollow victory.
- Reprints
- in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #23 [pages 1-6, 12-13
], #24 (5 April 1975) [Pages 14-20 plus new splash] - in Le Fils de Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #14 (4ème trimestre 1979) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #139 (October 22, 1980) [pages 1-4]
- in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #140 (November 1980) [pages 10-14], #141 (December 1980) [Pages 15-20]
- in Essential Killraven (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) [black & white]
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Killraven (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
- in Killraven Epic Collection: Warrior of the Worlds (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)
- Keywords
- Grand Central Station; Mars
Series concept by Roy Thomas, original plot and lead character by Neal Adams. Some concepts taken from H.G. Wells's novel. Story includes flashbacks to the 1901 and 2001 invasion.
Art credits do not state which pages are by Neal Adams and which are by Howard Chaykin. The credits on page 7 simply state art by Neal Adams & Howard Chaykin, inked by F Chiaramonte. Text article War of the Words describes Howard Chaykin as "finishing up the last half of the book nearly overnight". Earlier versions of this entry have Adams pencilling pages 1 - 11 and Chaykin 12 - 20. Chaykin confirms having drawn page 7.