2001, A Space Odyssey #1 Marvel (1976) FN-

Writers: Jack Kirby

Artists: Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten, Michael Royer

Characters: Beast-Killer, Woodrow Decker

The issue starts in the distant past where the monolith instructs a hunter on how to craft a spear and then shifts to the future where two astronauts discover an alien ruin. One of the astronauts is killed by a creature, but the other, Woodrow Decker, is transported into a pastoral countryside by the monolith. Here he rapidly ages until he dies and is converted by the monolith into an embryo-type creature referred to as a ‘new seed’ to explore the galaxy.Cover Price: US $0.30Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue

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