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2001: A Space Odyssey #1
Synopsis
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
Variants
Synopsis
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
Key Facts
- Series based on the popular science fiction movie by Stanley Kubrick
Details
- Series
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Cover Date
- December 1976
- Pages
- N/A
- UPC
- 0714860267212
- Cover Price
- N/A
- Final Order Cutoff
- N/A
Creators
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ArtistJack Kirby
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WriterJack Kirby