Astonishing Tales #5 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1971

About Astonishing Tales #5

Ka-Zar, Dr. Doom, Zaladane, and Red Skull appearances. Death of Garokk. Barry Smith and George Tuska art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: "This is your finish, Doom!" / Rampage!

Characters: Dr. Doom; Red Skull; Ka-Zar; Zabu

Pencils: John Buscema; Marie Severin (alterations)

Inks: John Verpoorten; Marie Severin (alterations)

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (2 January 2008); the original indexer credited Frank Giacoia. Nick Caputo also added the Marie Severin credit (April 2011), noting that Marie added the Zabu figure. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Rampage!

Characters: Ka-Zar; Garokk (villain, death); Zaladane (villain, death); Guardian of the Pool (introduction, death); Tongah; Zabu

Synopsis: Ka-Zar is taken to the Pool that Garokk drank from that made him immortal. He is attacked by the Guardian of the Pool but he manages to defeat him and then cast Garokk into the Pool where he loses his immortality and dies.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Letters: Mike Stevens

Reprints: Savage Tales Featuring Ka-zar (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (Summer 1975)

Title: A Land Enslaved!

Characters: Dr. Doom; Red Skull (villain); Exiles [Baldini; Iron-Hand Hauptmann; Krushki; Cadavus; Gruning; General Ching] (villain)

Synopsis: Dr. Doom returns to Latveria and defeats Red Skull and his Exiles to regain his kingdom.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Larry Lieber

Pencils: George Tuska

Inks: Mike Esposito

Letters: Mike Stevens

Reprints: Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series) #15 (November 1978)

Notes: Pages 1 and 2 of this story are not reprinted in the Super-Villain Team-Up #15 reprint.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	6	6	12	10	12	19	26	17	11	0	0	130
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	7	6	13	10	13	19	27	17	11	0	0	134

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