Deathlok (1st Series)

    (Marvel, 1990)
™ 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

July, 1990
Cover Price: $3.95
7 copies available from $2.50 		Dwayne McDuffie, Greg WrightJackson “Butch” Guice
#2

August, 1990
Cover Price: $3.95
12 copies available from $1.52 		Dwayne McDuffie, Greg WrightJackson “Butch” Guice
#3

September, 1990
Cover Price: $3.95
16 copies available from $1.52 		Dwayne McDuffie, Greg WrightDenys Cowan
#3 (2nd Printing Cover by Kent Williams)

November, 2004
Cover Price: $0.00
2 copies available from $3.99 		Dwayne McDuffie, Greg WrightDenys Cowan
#4

October, 1990
Cover Price: $3.95
9 copies available from $2.00 		Dwayne McDuffie, Greg WrightDenys Cowan, Kyle Baker, Mike DeCarlo