Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) UK Edition comic books 1973-1975

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Frank Giacoia. "And the Juggernaut Will Get You... If You Don't Watch Out!", script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Marie Severin and Bob Brown, inks by Frank McLaughlin; On the way to their friend Tom Fagan in Rutland, Vermont, Marvel Bullpen members Roy Thomas, his wife Jeannie, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Len Wein and his wife Glynis are startled into a stop when the Beast jumps into the path of their car; Beast darts into the woods where he changes back into his civilian guise of Hank McCoy and reunites with his old girlfriend Vera Cantor to tell her that he managed to flag down a car to finish their trip; Exiting the woods they introduce themselves to the drivers and manage to hitch a ride with them at least to Rutland; As they drive off, a portal appears and out pops the Juggernaut who is exhilarated that he is back on Earth; Juggernaut attacks Beast. Appearances by the Juggernaut, Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Len Wein, Glynis Wein, and Gerry Conway. The Avengers and Spider-Man appear on the cover (but are really people dressed up as our heroes); the real Avengers and Spidey are not in the story. Cameos by Dr. Strange and Eternity (the real ones). "Fake" cameos (people dressed up in costumes) include Medusa, Superman, Supergirl, Spider-Man, the Scarlet Witch, Batman, the Flash, Cyclops, and Nighthawk. 36 pages, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. The Beast origin reprinted, plus two new pages written by Steve Englehart, pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Mike Esposito. "Birth of the Beast!" Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Arnold Roth, inks by John Verpoorten and John Tartaglione. The reprinted material includes pages from the back-up stories in Uncanny X-Men 49-53. Guest starring the original X-Men. Last Beast story in Amazing Adventures. New Jim Starlin/Frank Giacoia cover. 36 pages, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover by John Romita Sr. First appearance of Killraven in "The War of the Worlds!", script by Roy Thomas (Plot), Neal Adams (Plot), and Gerry Conway (Script), pencils by Neal Adams (pp 1-11) and Howard Chaykin (pp 12-20), inks by Frank Chiaramonte; New York City, 2018 AD. Killraven fights his way through a subway tunnel against a gang led by Scrapper; He enters an empty Grand Central Station to find the Keeper, who unleashes a few mutants against him; Killraven blasts a hole in the Keeper's wall, thus emptying his weapon; While the Keeper shoots at him, he throws a sharp piece of machinery and impales his enemy; Astonishingly, the man thanks him and tells him a story about 1901, when Martians invaded Earth; Inspired by the H.G. Wells novel. Article by Roy Thomas describing the creative process that led to the book. 36 pgs, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe and John Romita (alterations), inks by Mike Esposito and John Romita (alterations). "The Sirens of 7th Ave.", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Killraven and his gang are captured by Skarlet and taken to the Arena to do battle to amuse the Martians; First appearances of M'Shulla, Hawk and Arrow. 36 pgs, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover by Herb Trimpe. "The Warlord Strikes!", script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Frank Giacoia; Killraven and M'Shulla flee from a gang of keeper's men; Their "energy guns" run out of charge, so they duck into a museum, pursued by the gang; Killraven topples a large Egyptian statue onto one group, while M'Shulla uses a crossbow to drop a suspended cannon onto his foe; They interrogate the last one to learn where the keepers keep their weapons; Killraven, M'Shulla, and the other freemen sneak into LaGuardia Airport and locate the weapons depot; Warlord interrupts their plundering and beats Killraven into submission. 36 pages, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover by Herb Trimpe. "The Mutant Slayers!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Yolande Pijcke; The Warlord and Carmilla Frost, a molecular biologist, watch Killraven fighting off their soldiers in their Alteration Division lab; Frost sends a squad of mutants into the fray, but they fare little better; Warlord steps in and brings Killraven down with a metal fist; Doctors operate on Killraven with a laser scalpel. 36 pgs, full color. $0.20.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover by Herb Trimpe. "Washington Nightmare!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Frank Chiaramonte (as Frank Chiarmonte); Killraven and his group travel to Washington DC where they are captured by slavers. Reprint back-up story: "The Man Who Went Too Far!", art by Richard Doxsee; A scientist invents a cosmic magnet which brings down a ghost-like inhabitant of space; His partner thinks that capturing such a being for study is cruel and he knocks the magnet so that it tilts downward and pulls a similar dense creature up to the surface from the Earth's core. 36 pages, full color.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 7p cover price. Cover by Jim Starlin. "The Death Breeders," script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell, inks by Jack Abel; March 2019; Killraven and his band of freemen are crossing Lake Michigan on an ice catamaran; Two huge sea lampreys break through the ice and attack; One plants its sucker on Grok's back; Carmilla Frost tries to rescue him; The other lamprey knocks M'Shulla's crossbow out of his hands before he can fire; Hawk pulls Frost away from her useless attack, but she slugs him; Killraven kills the other lamprey with a harpoon gun, then swings above the first one and hits it with a silver star so that Grok won't also be killed; As it stands, Grok barely survived; In Chicago, the Martians have replaced the Loop with Central Command, which is only the hub of Death-Birth, a research center and slave pen; In Indianapolis, the High Overlord interrogates Skar about his encounter with Killraven (in issue #25); Skar gladly accepts a mission to track down Killraven. Reprint back-up story: "The Strangers" with art by Herb Familton. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #22 (Man-Thing). 36 pgs, full color. $0.25.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. Cover by Jim Starlin. "The Death Breeders," script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell, inks by Jack Abel; March 2019; Killraven and his band of freemen are crossing Lake Michigan on an ice catamaran; Two huge sea lampreys break through the ice and attack; One plants its sucker on Grok's back; Carmilla Frost tries to rescue him; The other lamprey knocks M'Shulla's crossbow out of his hands before he can fire; Hawk pulls Frost away from her useless attack, but she slugs him; Killraven kills the other lamprey with a harpoon gun, then swings above the first one and hits it with a silver star so that Grok won't also be killed; As it stands, Grok barely survived; In Chicago, the Martians have replaced the Loop with Central Command, which is only the hub of Death-Birth, a research center and slave pen; In Indianapolis, the High Overlord interrogates Skar about his encounter with Killraven (in issue #25); Skar gladly accepts a mission to track down Killraven. Reprint back-up story: "The Strangers" with art by Herb Familton. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #22 (Man-Thing). 36 pgs, full color. $0.25.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. Cover by Craig Russell. "The Death Merchant!", script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell; April 2019; Meig's Airfield, Chicago. M'Shulla fishes through the ice of Lake Michigan; He gets a bite, but the fish is a giant mutant salmon, and it bites him; Volcana Ash blasts it; M'Shulla goes to Carmilla Frost to have his wound dressed; She tells him that Grok is dying from internal bleeding; Meanwhile, Ash tells Killraven about her past; She and her sister, Meloney (or Melonie), were separated when the Martians attacked; Ash became a test subject in a laboratory, where radiation treatments gave her the power to control heat; She used that power to escape; Meloney became a breeder, one of thousands of Eves producing children for the Martians. Killraven tells her, "The Martians have acquired a taste for Earthlings!"; In Death-Birth, Eve 3,031 and Adam 3,031 face giving up their soon-to-be-born child to Atalon the Fear Master. Reprint back-up story: "Escape From Nowhere!" with art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Craig Russell. "The Hell Destroyers," script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell; Chicago, April 2019; Killraven and his freemen have rescued the pregnant Eve 3,031 from Atalon the Fear Master and the Sacrificer; They leave the Sacrificer's clinic and ride down a pneumatic chute. Killraven uses the Holographic Megaphone to address the other Adams and Eves held prisoner outside Death-Birth, telling them to flee once their cell walls come down; Volcana Ash leaves to find her sister, who is one of the Eves, but Melonie does not recognize her; Adam 3,031 uses the Molecule Disruptor to make the prison disappear; Atalon summons the Death Breeders and tells them to attack the fleeing prisoners, hoping that Killraven will stop to defend them and leave himself open for capture. 36 pgs, full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover by Craig Russell. "The Rebels of January and Beyond!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell (pages 1-5, 18), inks by Dan Adkins (pages 1-5, 18); April 2019: The High Overlord is called to his Martian superiors in Washington D.C. to provide a report on the battle between him and Killraven back in January; With his report, Overlord provides profiles of Killraven, M'Shulla, and Mint Julep to his superiors; Afterwards, he concludes that while all escaped the battle, the primary concern should be towards Killraven, who's charisma and character could inspire the humans to revolt against their master. Pages 6-17 reprint pages from Amazing Adventures 23-24 with pencils by Herb Trimpe and inks by Frank Chiaramonte and Jack Abel. 36 pgs, full color. $0.25.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover by Craig Russell and John Romita (alterations). "The Day the Monuments Shattered," script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell; As Eve 3031 is about to give birth to her child, Killraven and his Freemen fight off an attack made by the Death-Birth's Death Trackers which have come to destroy them; As the Freemen fight off the creatures, Sacrificer and Atalon have their troops prepare for their next attack; While in Milwaukee, Skar continues his hunt for Killraven, scarring a ship captain who'd been trapped in the frozen waters; While back in Missouri, as Adam and Eve continue to struggle with their child's birth, M'Shulla and Carmilla watch over the dying Grok and give in to their passions; Later, their downtime is interrupted with the arrival of Scarificer and Atalon, who have arrived with the giant beast, the Devourer. Letter to the editor from comic writer Peter B. Gillis. 36 pgs, full color.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover by Craig Russell. "Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell, inks by Dan Green; June 2019, Nashville Tennessee: Killraven and his Freemen have arrived before the Octotympanum-Viewscope building; In the 1990's it was a device which could make your own fantasies a reality; There they find that the device still works and Old Skull particularly enjoys the lucid creations and cute creatures the device can create for them; As the tired Freemen rest, they check on Grok who is still on death's door, and Hawk tells of the rift between him and his father in the days before the Martian invasion caused by his father's addiction to the Octotympanum-Viewscope simulations of Sherlock Holmes adventures; Realizing that Old Skull has once more ventured into the device, Killraven goes after him to find that the device had created a menacing dragon to attack the both of them. 36 pgs, full color.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by Craig Russell. "Sing Out Loudly... Death!", script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by D. Bruce Berry; when they realize there are other's tracks in the snow; Returning to the cave they have holed up in, Killraven goes exploring and soon finds himself captured by a band of black men calling themselves the Brothers; Killraven is taken to their leader the Head Man, who tells Killraven about the persecution of his African-American ancestors and how during the Martian invasion, the majority of blacks fled the cities to seek refuge underground and formed their "Brother" nation; Raised on a culture of hatred of those with white skin, Head Man sentences Killraven to be fed to a giant mutant creature which dwells in the cave water. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #52 (Quicksilver by John Buscema/Tom Palmer). 36 pgs, full color.