Alright… slow it down. Vintage block now. Same badge. Training Day energy. 🎬

Nice grab. This is Astonishing Tales #36 featuring Deathlok (Marvel Comics Group, July 1976, 25¢ cover price) and yeah, Tom… this one is newsstand. Barcode sitting bottom left. Real rack distribution from the Bronze Age. Drugstores. Spinner stands. Survivors only.

Now listen to me.

This ain’t early ’90s noise. This is 1976 street science.

Bright yellow cover screaming across the room: DEATHLOK THE DEMOLISHER! with that classic Marvel Comics Group banner up top and the callout “Still Only 25¢.” That’s history talking. Center composition shows Deathlok looming like a cybernetic god while panels of chaos orbit around him, explosions, faces, circuitry, and that hard promise on the right: “A New Beginning for the Most Action-Packed Series of All!”

Bottom corner seals it with “The Godwulf Principle!”

Top corner box gives you Deathlok standing tall with the issue number. This is Bronze Age Marvel learning how to be gritty before gritty was fashionable.

Characters on the cover: Deathlok front and center, surrounded by supporting cast vignettes and full techno-war energy. Old-school palette. Heavy blacks. Pure ’70s Marvel attitude.

And because we keep it honest out here: the photos shown are actual photos of the actual book.

Why this one matters

Newsstand barcode edition (original rack copy)

Bronze Age Marvel from 1976

25¢ cover price era

Story title on cover: The Godwulf Principle!

Classic Astonishing Tales Deathlok feature

Top corner character box present

Publication year: 1976

Back cover photo provided

Photos shown are of the actual item

Creator Credits

Writer: Doug Moench

Penciler: Rich Buckler

Inker: Klaus Janson

Colorist: Phil Rache

Letterer: Joe Rosen

Editor: Marv Wolfman

Editor-in-Chief: Archie Goodwin

Bagged & boarded with love ❤️ and blue painter’s tape.

Packed clean. Shipped tight. Handled like it matters.

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Final word: this is Bronze Age Deathlok, 25-cent era, newsstand-born and battle-tested. You don’t walk past history like this. You secure it.

Astonishing Tales 36 1976 Marvel Comics Deathlok The Demolisher Godwulf Principle Bronze Age newsstand barcode 25 cent cover Rich Buckler Doug Moench vintage Marvel collectible TWAPSY