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Astonishing Tales #34

Marvel · Series began 1970 · March 1976

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Teresa Deveraux (typically from Earth-7484) — introduction

Dates

Cover date
March 1976
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

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Creators

pencils: Rich Buckler, John Romita, Gene Colan, John Buscema, Carmine Infantino, Ross Andru, Neal Adamsinks: Klaus Janson, John Romita, Tom Palmer, Joe Sinnott, Terry Austin, Dick Giordanoletters: Danny Crespi, Karen Mantlo, Gaspar Saladino, Irv Watanabescript: Bill Mantlo, Rich Buckler, Stan Leecolors: Klaus Janson

Stories

  • And All the King's Madmen... Couldn't Put Deathlok Back Together Again.. Or Could They? · 17 pages

    When Deathlok is unable to escape the explosive attached to his wrist his bionic arm is blown off and the rest of his body is damaged. Mike Travers manages to extract his body and the CIA fixes the damage and reprograms him to stop Simon Ryker (the Savior Machine). Deathlok goes after Simon and encounters a second Luther Manning clone with the mind of the surgeon that created him. With this clone's help Deathlok plugs his mind into the Omni Computer to confront Simon's mind.

Publisher’s description

After failing to detach an explosive on his wrist, Deathlok loses his bionic arm and much of his body. Mike Travers, anti-hero, manages to retrieve Deathlok’s body from the blast and takes him to the C.I.A for tinkering. There, Deathlok is re-programmed with one mission operative; take down Simon Ryker once and for all. Ryker re-invents himself as the half-cyborg, Savior Machine.

Characters

Luther ManningDeathlokSimon RykerHarlan RykerMike TraversHellingerTeresa Deveraux

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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