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27December 1974
$0.25

Astonishing Tales #27

Marvel · December 1974 · on sale 1974-09-24

First appearance: Janice Travers1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
December 1974
Key date
1974-12-00
On-sale date
1974-09-24
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Janice Travers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Fury of War-Wolf!cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Rich Buckler; letters: Danny CrespiDeathlok, Luther Manning, Simon Ryker
1Dead Reckoning!comic story18script: Rich Buckler, Doug Moench; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Pablo Marcos; colors: Geo. Roussos; letters: Desmond JonesDeathlok, Luther Manning, Nina Ferry, Janice Travers First, Simon Ryker, Mike Travers
2Marvel Value Stamp #22 - Man-Thingletters page2script: Doug Moench; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Pablo MarcosDeathlok, Man-Thing, Luther Manning, Ted Sallis
3Notes and News On A Nestful Of Nebbishes! [December 1974]in-house column1script: Stan Lee
5Bullpen Bonus Page [December 1974]; The Ultimate Fan Club!, FOOMin-house column0.5letters: typeset
6Be A Mighty Marvel Salesperson!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (promo copy); letters: typesetBruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Spider-Man, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.08 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-3050-5		2009On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1101974On eBay ›
Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9112-4		2014On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #2627 of 36#28 ›

Sources

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