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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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
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Aug 1990
Cover: $3.95
W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright · A: Jackson “Butch” Guice
Squarebound
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Sep 1990
Cover: $3.95
W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright · A: Denys Cowan
Squarebound
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2nd Printing Cover by Kent Williams
Nov 2004
W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright · A: Denys Cowan
Marvel Legends Deathlok action figure insert
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Oct 1990
Cover: $3.95
W: Dwayne McDuffie, Greg Wright · A: Denys Cowan, Kyle Baker, Mike DeCarlo
Squarebound