Astonishing Tales #12 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1972
About Astonishing Tales #12
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Bobbi Morse; Dr. Paul Allen
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (16 January 2005); the original indexer credited Frank Giacoia. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Man-Thing (origin); A.I.M. (villain); (Barbara) Bobbi Morse; Paul Allen; Dr. Wilma Calvin (introduction); Dr. Wendell (introduction); Ted Sallis (flashback); Ellen Brandt (flashback)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar and Zabu fly to the Everglades to help Barbara Morse and Paul Allen search for Ted Sallis. Once there they encounter the Man-Thing and AIM agents. Also, the back story of how Dr Calvin was shot after the origin tale of Man-Thing in Savage Tales #1 is told.
Pages: 21.000
Script: Roy Thomas (pages 1-9, 17-21); Len Wein (pages 10-16)
Pencils: John Buscema (pages 1-9, 17-21); Neal Adams (pages 10-16); John Romita (alterations; see notes)
Inks: Dan Adkins (pages 1-9, 17-21); none (pages 10-16)
Letters: John Costanza (pages 1-9, 17-21) [as Jon Costa]; Sam Rosen (pages 10-16); Morrie Kuramoto (see notes)
Notes: Man-Thing was last seen in Savage Tales #1. John Romita Pencils credit and Sam Rosen letters from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B. Nick Caputo adds that Romita mainly redrew the woman on pages 13 and 15, and some background art on page 12 and Morrie Kuramoto added/revised some of the lettering on pages 10-16, likely altered in part due to Comics Code restrictions, since the story was originally slated for the black and white Savage Tales magazine.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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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 |
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Signature Series |
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 |
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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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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