Luther Manning

Luther Manning was a soldier who died and was resurrected by a secret government project as Deathlok, a cyborg warrior merging his human remains with a powerful mechanical body. He debuted in Marvel's Astonishing Tales #25 in 1974, struggling to reclaim his humanity within his monstrous new form.

Born in the gritty Bronze Age Marvel landscape of 1974, Luther Manning burst onto the scene in Astonishing Tales #25, the creation of Rich Buckler and Doug Moench, and has kept remarkable company ever since — sharing pages with Spider-Man, Captain America, and Ben Grimm across titles like Marvel Two-in-One and Deathlok. With three key-issue appearances to his name and a publishing history that stretches an impressive fifty years from 1974 to 2024, Manning is no footnote — he's a character with genuine staying power in the Marvel universe. Collectors hunting the darker, more dystopian corners of Bronze Age Marvel will find his appearances in Astonishing Tales and beyond well worth tracking down.