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Cover of Astonishing Tales #31
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Astonishing Tales #31

Marvel · Series began 1970 · August 1975

Dates

Cover date
August 1975
On sale
May 27, 1975
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #31 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Ed Hannigan, Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard, Gene Colan, Ross Andruinks: Bernie Wrightson, Klaus Janson, Paul Reinman, Mike Espositocolors: Klaus Janson, Janice Cohenscript: Rich Buckler, Doug Moench, Stan Leeletters: Janice Chiang, Sam Rosen, Joe Rosen

Stories

  • Twice Removed from Yesterday... · 10 pages

    Mike Travers catches up to Deathlok who finds out that Mike had married his wife six months ago. Deathlok spares his life because he had saved his and then comes across a mobster that he hopes will lead him to the surgeon that made him into a cyborg, but the mobster manages to get into a helicopter before Deathlok can stop him.

  • Why Won't They Believe Me? · 10 pages

    A man finds a crashed spaceship and reads the log which shows that the alien was to take the form of an earthling when he lands. The man goes to the Space Agency to warn them but the person he talks to (Professor Crater) pulls a gun on him. The man assumes that Professor Crater must be the alien but then finds out that the log is written in another language so he must be the alien and he has helped himself to be caught.

Publisher’s description

Mike Travers and Deathlok meet face-to-face! Deathlok discovers that Travers, aka War-Wolf, married his wife six months ago. Enraged, Deathlok is about to kill the man when he remembers the time War-Wolf spared his life. Deathlok continues his hunt for Ryker, but the surgeon has called in help from the mob. Will Deathlok find the revenge he desperately longs for

Characters

UatuThe WatcherLuther ManningDeathlokSimon RykerMike TraversLinc Shane

Reprinted in

Star Wars Weekly (1978), Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (2009), Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (2014), Deathlok the Demolisher: Origins (2014)

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