Astonishing Tales #21 (1973) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Danny Crespi	It, the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan
1	It! The Colossus Lives Again!	comic story	15	script: Tony Isabella; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: L. Lessmann; letters: Dick Ayers	It, the Living Colossus; Dr. Aloysius Vault (first appearance, villain); Bob O'Bryan; Dorian Delazny (introduction); Diane Cummings; Grant Marshall; Dr. Braun (introduction); Blackie; Daniel; a Gargoyle creature from Stonus Five (named in the next issue)
2	The Man Who Captured Death!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Death; Tom
3	Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom!	in-house column	1	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset

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

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP

Collection	Year
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-6381-7	2012	On eBay ›
Marvel Horror Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91953-5	2019	On eBay ›

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