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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Astonishing Tales
Issue: 14
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: October 1972
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Stan Lee

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Astonishing Tales #14
Owner: Ghost Town

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Story Title: The Monster--And the Machine! - cover
Features:Ka-Zar
Pages:1
Pencils:Gil Kane (signed)
Inks:Gil Kane (signed)
Letters:John Costanza
Genre:jungle
Characters:Ka-Zar; Zabu; Carla


Story Title: The Night of the Looter! - comic story
Features:Ka-Zar
Pages:14
Pencils:John Buscema
Inks:John Buscema
Letters:Sam Rosen; ?
Genre:jungle
Characters:Ka-Zar; Zabu; Carla (introduction, villain, death); Ralph (introduction, villain); Swamp Men
Synopsis:Carla and Ralph come to the Savage Land with a Swamp Tank to steal Ka-Zar's vibranium, but when they force him to open the door to where it is stored the vibranium destroys the tank. Carla is carried off and killed by the Swamp Men when Ralph is not able to save her because the gun he was using only had blanks due to Carla replacing the bullets with blanks in an effort to get Ralph killed.


Story Title: Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Pulsating Pronouncements and Pertinent Propaganda From the Pundits Who Play For Fun! [October 1972]; Mighty Marvel Checklist - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Characters:Doc Savage; Gunhawks [Reno Jones; Richard "Kid" Cassidy]; Man-Thing


Story Title: Jungle Fever! - comic story
Features:Jann of the Jungle
Pages:6
Pencils:Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Inks:Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Letters:Joe Letterese
Genre:jungle
Characters:Jann; Pat Mahoney; Kuba; Lakai
Synopsis:Jann goes deep into the swampland to get the rare red orchid for Pat Mahoney to photograph, unfortunately, the smell of this orchid causes a fever in Jann's jungle friends so she has to go even deeper into the swampland to find the rare black orchid which can cure the fever. She finds it but has to fight off dinosaurs and a living wall of thorns to get it. She is almost trapped by the wall of thorns but her jungle friends, who had followed her into the swampland, save her after they are cured by her bringing the rare black orchid near them.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Astonishing Mails
Pages:1
Pencils:Marie Severin (illustrations)
Inks:Marie Severin (illustrations)
Letters:typeset; Sam Rosen


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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