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Issue: Tales to Astonish #1
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #1 of 14 Issues (18 Printings)
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Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860261112
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Emperor Thakorr; Princess Fen; Prince Byrrah
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as Tales to Astonish #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSub-Mariner #1 published May 1968
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is mirrored from the original.
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Years of Glory -- Day of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Destiny; Emperor Thakorr; Princess Fen; Mr. Blake; Captain Leonard McKenzie; Joe; Slug; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Giganto
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From Content Item: FlagSub-Mariner #1 published May 1968
was Years of Glory -- Day of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]-3 pages
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Retelling of origin. Story is cut by three pages. Text on page 1 is edited. Original page 6 has first two panels removed. Original page 7 has first panel removed. Original pages 16 and 18 have been omitted.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Stan's Soapbox" by Stan Lee; various news items.
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Marvel Subscription Form

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).
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Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; June Jitsui
Synopsis: Spider-Man runs into June Jitsui, martial arts expert and defeats her by keeping her hands busy with Hostess Twinkies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 15.5
Disclose Notes: Total of 14.5 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Super Gifts & Gimmicks (gifts, Fun Factory), Hubba Bubba (chewing gum, Wm. Wrigley), Shop By Mail (miscellaneous ads, 3 pages), Saturday's Best (tv, ABC), Marvel Comics (books, Heroes World), MPC Wheels (model kits, MPC), CBS Saturday Morning (tv, CBS, 2 pages), Grit (family newspaper, Grit Publishing, 1/2 page), Stars on your T-shirts (candy, Whoppers), Personalized Trading Cards (trading cards, Tradin' Cards), Journey to Adventure (contest, Popsicle Industries), ROM (game, Parker Brothers), LEGO Expert Builder Series (toys, LEGO).

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