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Issue: Astonishing Tales #21
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #21 of 36 Issues (70 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 09/11/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Watch Out, World!! The Colossus Lives Again!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): It, the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Astonishing Tales #21 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Crespi lettering per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B incorrectly credits Gaspar Saladino.

The cover is reprinted as page 10 panel 3 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
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It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): It, the Living Colossus; Dr. Aloysius Vault (first appearance, villain); Bob O'Bryan; Dorian Delazny (introduction); Diane Cummings; Grant Marshall; Dr. Braun (introduction); Blackie; Daniel; a Gargoyle creature from Stonus Five (named in the next issue)
First Line: Look at these films taken of the Colossus...
Synopsis: Bob O'Bryan is a successful special effects man whose legs are broken by a vengeful actor on his series. He then finds that he can take over the body of It, the Living Colossus when it is kidnapped from his set by Dr. Vault, however, there is a time limit to how long he can control the body.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as It! the Colosus Lives Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Revival of Colossus from Tales Of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 and #20 (stories reprinted in Monsters On the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 and #25). Bob O'Bryan, Diane Cummings and Grant Marshall were introduced in the Colossus story from Tales of Suspense #20 (reprinted in Monsters On the Prowl #25). According to the text article in Astonishing Tales #22 (Kings and Things To Take By Storm by Tony Isabella) Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman and Don McGregor all helped put this story together.
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The Man Who Captured Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Death; Tom
Synopsis: A dying man traps Death to save himself but soon finds that Death actually brings peace to things and is needed to keep things running smoothly.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adult Fantasy #9 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1962
was The Man Who Captured Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-471
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom! [December 1973]; Mighty Marvel Checklist; The Ultimate Fan Club!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; FOOM
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items about how martial arts is coming to Marvel with Shang-Chi-Master of Kung Fu (the son of Fu Manchu) by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin, Uncanny Tales, The Dead of Night and Weird Wonder Tales are debuting, the address to give your college bookstore if they aren't carrying the latest Marvel masterworks, Crazy #2 features satire by none other than Art Buchwald, FOOM is shipping out the third issue, a cryptic message about an upcoming Marvel event which can be decoded with the Spider-Man code and the sad news that Syd Shores has passed away. Marvel checklist for comics listed with a synopsis are Dracula Lives #4, Tales of the Zombie #3, Savage Tales #3, Crazy #2, Fantastic Four #141, Spider-Man #127, Avengers #118, Captain America & the Falcon #168, Daredevil #106, Fear #19, Werewolf By Night #11, Marvel Team-Up #16, Doc Savage #8, Astonishing Tales #21, Marvel Double Feature #1, Marvel Spotlight #13 and Master of Kung Fu. Also includes a small advertisement for FOOM Magazine. Appears between pages 2 and 3 of the second story sequence.
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A Genuine Spider-Man Medallion-Coin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spider-Man Medallion Coin
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for a Spider-Man Medallion Coin, Coin Holder, Keychains and Neckchains.

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