(September 1974)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-06-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #107, June 1974.
This issue has variants:

Blood-Bath at Battle Creek (Table of Contents)

Killraven; War of the Worlds / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Killraven; M'Shulla; Carmilla; Pstun-Rage
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Marvel Comics Index No. 8B by George Olshevsky.

Something Worth Dying For! (Table of Contents: 1)

Killraven; War of the Worlds / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Annette Kawecki

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Killraven; M'Shulla; Old Skull; Hawk; Carmilla Frost; Grok; Pstun-Rage (villain, intro, death); Foropulist (villain, intro); Rangolar (villain, intro, death); Racque (villain, intro, death)
Synopsis
While in Michigan, Killraven and his band are attacked.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The villains' names "Pstun-Rage", "Foropulist", and "Rangolar" are anagrams for Grape-Nuts, Fruit Loops, and Granolar respectively. Pstun-Rage's treasure includes boxes of cereal.

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

Marvel Value Stamp; War of the Words! / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dr. Octopus

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from (and replies to) Brian Prescott, Mark Kirkorsky, Norman Henderson, and Jeff Willis. Also includes a next issue box and Marvel Value Stamp #96 featuring Dr. Octopus.

Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The World of Flame! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chuck Miller
Inks
Chuck Miller
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
K231
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This issue incorrectly references Astonishing Tales #52 as the reprint source.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blood-Bath at Battle Creek
    Killraven; War of the Worlds
  2. 1. Something Worth Dying For!
    Killraven; War of the Worlds
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Value Stamp; War of the Words!
  4. 3. Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. The World of Flame!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore