Deathlok (1st Series)

    (Marvel, 1990, 2004)
™ and ©1990 Marvel Entertainment Group

Deathlok first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25, a cyborg killing machine whose brain belonged to human Luther Manning. After a run in Astonishing Tales, Deathlok faded from view, appearing sporadically in various issues of Marvel Team-Up, Captain America, and others. Finally, in Marvel Comics Presents #62, his brain was destroyed when the onboard computer electrocuted him.

In 1990, Marvel revisited the Deathlok project in this four-issue graphic novel limited series. Cybertek Systems (the applied cybernetics division of Roxxon Oil) have decided to continue with their failed Deathlok project. The only problem: they need a new brain for the system. That little difficulty is solved when Michael Collins, head of their computer systems division discovered that his “prosthetics” project was actually a weapons system. Michael, a pacifist, threatens to quit. Instead, he was captured—and woke up as the new Deathlok cyborg!
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  • 1
    #1
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright  ·  A: Jackson “Butch” Guice
    1st Appearance of Deathlok II (Mike Collins); Origin of Deathlok II (Mike Collins); Squarebound
    8 copies from $4.81
  • 2
    #2
    Aug 1990
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    W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright  ·  A: Jackson “Butch” Guice
    Squarebound
    14 copies from $1.95
  • 3
    #3
    Sep 1990
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    W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright  ·  A: Denys Cowan
    Squarebound
    14 copies from $1.95
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Kent Williams
    Nov 2004
    W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright  ·  A: Denys Cowan
    Marvel Legends Deathlok action figure insert
    2 copies from $3.99
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 1990
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright  ·  A: Denys Cowan, Kyle Baker, Mike DeCarlo
    Squarebound
    9 copies from $2.92