Astonishing Tales #25 Deathlok (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $4,080.00
Sold: Mar 7, 2022
Astonishing Tales #25 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1974
About Astonishing Tales #25
First appearances of Deathlok the Demolisher (aka Luther Manning) and Major Ryker. The backup story features George Perez's first comic book work. Rich Buckler and Klaus Janson cover. Buckler story and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Deathlok [Luther Manning]
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Klaus Janson (signed)
Colors: Klaus Janson
Letters: Danny Crespi
Notes: The cover copy evokes that of Incredible Hulk #1.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Deathlok [Luther Manning] (introduction, origin); Major Simon Ryker (villain, introduction); Curtis Giles (death); Wilkins; Jim; Nina Ferry (introduction); Julian Biggs (destroyed)
Synopsis: Deathlok is shown to be a cybernetic organism with a human mind that has the ability to override its internal computer. Deathlok has a flashback showing that his old army buddy Major Simon Ryker is responsible for his creation. The conclusion of the story reveals that Simon Ryker is also a cyborg.
Pages: 15.000
Script: Rich Buckler (plot, concept); Doug Moench (script)
Pencils: Rich Buckler
Inks: Rich Buckler (primary inks); Klaus Janson (ink assist); Al Milgrom (ink assist); Mike Esposito (ink assist)
Letters: Annette Kawecki
Notes: Inking information from the text article in the issue.
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 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 57 | 61 | 119 | 136 | 202 | 236 | 295 | 353 | 298 | 337 | 375 | 285 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 2961 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 329 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 39 | 68 | 78 | 139 | 160 | 232 | 274 | 332 | 399 | 338 | 382 | 415 | 315 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 3386 |
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