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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3
Publication Date: March 2010
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)
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Variant: Regular Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9780785141969
UPC/EAN: 978078514196955999
Price: $59.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 67 (50 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier (collection editor); Stan Lee (original editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 Series) #21-30.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover; Dustjacket; Sewn bindings
Publishing Format: Collected Editions
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reprinted 61 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Man in the Ant Hill! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: reprint of page 1 from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 Series) #30 story "Quogg!".
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Credits/Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 2
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Of Gods and Monsters: Atlas Fear and Hope of Marvel

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jon B. Cooke
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Tales to Astonish #21

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Trull; Phil; Bart Hanson; Gloria
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was It's Trull...the Inhuman!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Trull! The Inhuman! [, Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Trull; Phil; Bart Hanson; Gloria
Synopsis: The mental essence of an alien bent on global conquest takes over a steam shovel and is defeated by an elephant.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was Trull! The Inhuman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-192
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. The story differs from others like it because the hero does not gladly win the affection of the previously shrewish female, but instead gives her the cold shoulder. Someone must have told Stan "It's about time."
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[Trull! The Inhuman!], Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Trull; Phil; Bart Hanson; Gloria
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was [Trull! The Inhuman!], Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-192
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Time Machine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-85
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person.
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The Silent Screen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hulk
Synopsis: An infinite loop story about a monster who repeatedly steps out of a movie screen.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was The Silent Screen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-193
Disclose Notes: Story credited to Stan Lee in issue #26 (December 1961). Stan must have wondered about the appeal of this type of story because he specifically asks for reader comment at the end of it.
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Open Wider, Please

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A dentist in 2030 discovers that his patient is a robot from Mars and calls the police. The Martian robot is stopped, and the dentist is relieved, since he wants nothing to stop the infiltration of Venusian robots like him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 published July 1961
was Open Wider, Please [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-194
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Tales to Astonish #22

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was The Crawling Creature [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
Synopsis: A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-257
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as K] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as A] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-257
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Patent Pending

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Joe; Timothy Braun
Synopsis: A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was Patent Pending [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-215
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Help!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was Help! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-258
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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For Whom the Drum Beats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Max Kole; Grimm
Synopsis: A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #22 published August 1961
was For Whom the Drum Beats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-259
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Tales to Astonish #23

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers ?; George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Moomba
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was Moomba Is Here! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: George Klein Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #3.
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The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba [, Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Moomba; Frank; Katu
Synopsis: An explorer discovers that native African wood carvings are actually an advance fifth column invasion force under the command of Moomba. Moomba gives his command to strike and all the carvings get up and begin to herd and intimidate their human owners as the wood they are crafted of is so dense that neither fire nor any other human weapons can defeat them. Using unknown means, a native African witch doctor defeats Moomba and extracts a promise from him to leave Earth along with all of his warriors.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-285
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. It is an elaboration of the plot of "I Was the Prisoner of the Living Statues!" drawn by John Forte, in Tales to Astonish #6 (November 1959).
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[The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba], Part 2: The Menace That Was...Moomba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as K] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as A] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Moomba; Frank; Katu
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was [The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba], Part 2: The Menace That Was...Moomba [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-285
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The Green Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Barney
Synopsis: A former pilot can't get anyone to believe his story about the fatal radium poisoning he picked up from an alien, and so keeps spreading it.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was The Green Man [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: A-189
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Less Than Human

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Harris; Alice Harris; Billy Harris; Roby the Robot
Synopsis: A strident anti-robot activist is convinced of the worth of robots when his son is saved by his robotic playmate.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was Less Than Human [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-284
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. This story is an altered retelling of "The Robot Hater", drawn by Paul Reinman in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959). Writing tentatively credited to Stan Lee on the basis of his plot credit in a later retelling of the story.
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The Voice from Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The space pilot landing on an asteroid is perplexed by a voice from nowhere pleading for help, but he realizes that the asteroid itself is the source of the voice.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was The Voice from Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-283
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Tales to Astonish #24

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Abominable Snowman [Victor Cartwright]; Fred Cooper
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was The Abominable Snowman [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I Found the Abominable Snowman! [, Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan
Synopsis: A TV producer fakes a film of the Abominable Snowman in the arctic, but runs afoul of an ancient underground civilization of lizard-men and a giant octopus.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was I Found the Abominable Snowman! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-329
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person
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[I Found the Abominable Snowman!], Part 2: The Snowman's Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was [I Found the Abominable Snowman!], Part 2: The Snowman's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-329
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The Recipe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Josie
Synopsis: A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was The Recipe [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-338
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Something Missing!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sally; Tom
Synopsis: The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was Something Missing!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-330
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He Waits In The Dark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A mysterious janitor comes to work for a slumlord, but he has strange powers and ends the man's evil ways.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #24 published October 1961
was He Waits in the Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-328
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Tales to Astonish #25

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was The Creature from Krogarr! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Hanson; Clara Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
Synopsis: A dissolute human is targeted by an alien that can transport items through television sets, but he is saved by his failure to pay the electric bill.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-351
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Party

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Braggle
Synopsis: A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was The Party [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-959
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Behold Him! He Is the Martian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Danny Blake"; Agent X
Synopsis: A spy from Jupiter disguised as a human stows away on the first rocket from Earth to Mars. The pilot is a Martian spy disguised as Earthman Dan Blake whose mission is to radio back to Earth that a radiation belt with fatal effects makes attempting to reach Mars too dangerous so Earthmen will give up their attempts to reach Mars. The spy from Jupiter overcomes the Martian and radios Jupiter that travel to Mars is safe, and then radios the Martian's story back to Earth so as to discourage Earthlings from space flight.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was Behold Him! He Is the Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-352
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Gypsy's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Monk Morgan
Synopsis: An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was The Gypsy's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-353
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Where Lurks the Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Joe; Mike
Synopsis: A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #25 published November 1961
was Where Lurks the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-354
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Tales to Astonish #26

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): William Cartwright
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was The Four-Armed Things!; He Walked Thru Walls! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Anne Morgan"; William Cartwright; Bruno
Synopsis: An explorer learns of an invasion of four-armed aliens. His nurse tells him his bodyguard is one of the aliens, but he realizes that she is the real alien.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-402
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The Weatherman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
Synopsis: In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-71
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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He Walked Through Walls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Silas Birch; Charles J. Cragmore
Synopsis: A stranger performs feats of magic, and offers anything that people might want if they sign a contract. He helps a disgruntled clerk steal money and get away, but the clerk is stranded on an island forever.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was He Walked Through Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-403
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Run, Rocky, Run!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Forgione (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rocky Jordan
Synopsis: A criminal on the run plans to stow-away on the experimental rocket he reads about, but finds out too late that is an advanced miniature rocket that cannot carry a pilot.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was Run, Rocky, Run! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-405
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Retold as a Tales of the Watcher story as "Run, Roco, Run" by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969). Stan Lee given a tentative writer's credit based on his authoriship of the retelling.
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Dream World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man repeatedly dreams that his bed is levitating, and can’t tell if he’s dreaming or not.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 published December 1961
was Dream World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-380
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person. This story is presented, according to a caption, because of positive response to "The Silent Screen" in issue #21 (July 1961), a similarly structured story. The last page carries an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Stan Lee adopts Cartesian philosophical skepticism regarding dreams.
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Tales to Astonish #27

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Man in the Ant Hill! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Duffy ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Pym [Ant-Man (later)] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Man in the Ant Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-430
Disclose Notes: Henry Pym next appears in issue #35 (September 1962).
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Trouble Bubble

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger
Synopsis: A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was Trouble Bubble [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-160
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Bill Carter; Anne Carter
Synopsis: Bill Carter purchases a mirror for his wife's birthday. It turns out to be cursed and she falls under the control of an undead sorceror until the mirror is broken.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-431
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The Talking Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Bob Forgione
Inker(s): Bob Forgione
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, sports
Character(s): Barney Sloan; Mike Jordan; Silverstreak
Synopsis: The horse Silverstreak convinces the abusive jockey Barney to bet on them winning the next race. When they lose, Barney is caught trying to beat the horse and kicked out of racing, before being beaten up by his bookie.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Talking Horse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-432
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Dead Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Grokor; Mopox
Synopsis: A warrior race conquers world after world, but on one of them there seems to be life but their warrior can find none and dies of loneliness. The world was actually inhabited by sentient rocks.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was Dead Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-433
Disclose Notes: Last page includes an advertisment for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
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Tales to Astonish #28

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was I Am the Gorilla-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Am the... Gorilla-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ;Larry Liebery (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]
Synopsis: An inventor transfers his mind into a gorilla to commit crimes, but the gorilla controlling his body turns against him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was I Am the... Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-488
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. Gorilla-Man next appears in issue #30 (April 1962). This story is retold in issue #48 (October 1963) as "Grayson's Gorilla!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.
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The Green Hat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Axtel; George; Chuck
Synopsis: A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was The Green Hat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-537
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Midnight on Haunted Hill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Billy Jones/Brown (last name inconsistent)
Synopsis: A boy sees an alien landing, but no one believes him until the spaceship comes back. They didn't realize that a tree on a hill was really an alien being.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was Midnight on Haunted Hill [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-489
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The Scheme!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Gene Colan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): John Bentley; Anne Wentworth
Synopsis: An insolvent cad marries a rich widow dying of a terminal sickness for her money, but finds when she dies that the disease is contagious and he has only months to live.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was The Scheme! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-480
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The Frightening Fog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A mysterious fog envelops the entire world for days, terrifying everyone. It was actually created by benevolent alien peacekeepers to hide Earth from an invasion.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 published February 1962
was The Frightening Fog [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Tales to Astonish #29

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was When the Space Beasts Attack! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When the Space Beasts Attack!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jeb
Synopsis: An alien armada lands on Earth with weapons that seem to disintegrate anything. Humanity is helpless before the aliens, until they demand a man vacate his farm in order to make way for a spaceport. The farmer gets so angry he lays the alien out with the butt of his rifle. The aliens disintegrate things like trucks and houses, but they don't fire at people. Once the farmer realizes this and spreads the word, the aliens retreat from the human's firearms.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was When the Space Beasts Attack!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Clock

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Franz Ammergau; Gerda; Doctor Schmitt
Synopsis: An old clockmaker nearly dies from the cold, but is saved by the wooden figures adorning his clocks, which he has given parts of his own soul.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-9
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Man Who Blew Up The Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Elias Cragston
Synopsis: A jilted Quasimodo-like scientist devotes all his energy into producing a cobalt bomb which is so powerful that it can shatter the Earth. He wants to destroy all of mankind for jeering at his ugliness. He sneaks on board a rocket that is going into orbit and releases the bomb, but forgot about the lack of gravitational pull, and so the bomb just remains in place until it detonates against the side of the rocket. On Earth, the woman who laughed at him when he proposed marriage, gazes skyward at the explosion and exclaims "Isn't it the most beautiful sight you've ever seen?"
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was The Man Who Blew Up the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-498
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What Happened to Harry?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Brown; Albert Poole
Synopsis: A brilliant inventor's boss tries to steal his new time machine in order to take credit for it. He uses the time machine to travel to a different time, but ends up in the prehistoric period, where the electricity to power the time machine cannot be found.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was What Happened to Harry? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Though many details are changed, this story is a retelling of "Behold! I Am the Master of Time!" drawn by Steve Ditko in issue #14 (December 1960).
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The Last Laugh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Happy Harper
Synopsis: A vicious practical joker gets his comeuppance in the afterlife.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 published March 1962
was The Last Laugh! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-300
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Tales to Astonish #30

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Thing from the Hidden Swamp" (only referred to as such in title); Mary Brown; Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzic]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Thing from the Hidden Swamp!; Return of the Gorilla-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of the Gorilla-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]; Professor Stuyvesant
Synopsis: The Gorilla-Man escapes and tries to get himself transformed back into a human, but instead he is blasted into space in an experimental space capsule.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Return of the Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Remedy Oil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
Synopsis: An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-984
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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The Thing from the Hidden Swamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mary Brown; "The Thing from the Hidden Swamp" (only referred to as such in title)
Synopsis: A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Thing from the Hidden Swamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-587
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.
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What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Willy Sloane; Mr. Jordan
Synopsis: An oddly cheerful elevator operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-588
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Quogg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Quogg
Synopsis: A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was Quogg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-589
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Tales to Astonish #25 Page 4 Original Art

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tales to Astonish #25 Page 27 Original Art

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Incorrectly identified as page 4.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Rhett Thomas
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biographies on Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan, and Dick Ayers.

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