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Issue: Tales to Astonish #16
Publication Date: February 1961
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Issues: #16 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in September 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In17
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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This Is Thorr!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Thorr
First Line: I warned you!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpellbound #33 published January 1963
as This Is Thorr! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #3 published November 1970
as This Is Thorg! [Illustration on Cover, Front]figures added by Marie Severin; some alterations
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Tales to Astonish #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #142 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Thorr [renamed "Thorg" in later reprints]; Linus; Helen
First Line: The first thing I remember is the plane ride over the Pacific!
Synopsis: When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZombie #8 published January 1961
as Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #3 published November 1970
as Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-15
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The Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, occult
Character(s): Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks
First Line: A babble of strange voices welled around Dr. Title's ears as he wandered along the...
Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #42 published June 1956
was The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-707
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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My Touch Means... Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Howard; Martha Howard; Dr. Johnson
First Line: Hurry--run from me if you value your life!
Synopsis: A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. The guard on duty doesn't carry a gun, but the thief experiences a terrifying vision where he is irradiated and made deadly to the touch while trying to escape. It turns out that the new guard is a "psychiatrist hypnotist" who gave him the vision.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTower of Shadows #8 published November 1970
as My Touch Means... Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #217 published January 1984
as My Touch Means... Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as My Touch Means... Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-27
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person.
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Save Me from the Mole Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Crusher; Xoorr
First Line: They're coming!
Synopsis: A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #3 published November 1970
as Save Me from the Mole Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Save Me from the Mole Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-28
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I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Joe
First Line: You can never escape me!
Synopsis: A bedraggled man wanders through a misty night, unsure of his identity. He is finally forced to return to his prison in a painting, where he has been trapped since betraying a sorcerer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #3 published November 1970
as I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-31

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