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 VG p £20, with his second appearance (in AT #26, in case you couldn’t guess), also new to our lists at VF p £9.75. Completist bonus: AT #25 also features a two-pager with George Perez’s first Marvel artwork! SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD