American Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Debut of Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25
*Marvel: In the Seventies, Marvel was experimenting with a wide range of genres, and the dystopic near-future science-fiction field showed promise, with Killraven over in Amazing Adventures and, here in Astonishing Tales #25, the premier of Deathlok, a cyborg assassin who rebelled against his programming and searched for his purpose – while shooting people a lot. The creation of Rich Buckler and Doug Moench, Deathlok has remained a fixture in the Marvel Universe – including his portrayal by August Richards in the Agents of SHIELD TV series – and this copy of his debut issue is FN p £30, a superior copy with only minimal right cover edge wear, but unblemished cover scene and excellent interior pages. Completist bonus: AT #25 also features a two-pager with George Perez’s first Marvel artwork! SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD