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Issue: Astonishing #53
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #53 of 61 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
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: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Down in the Cellar!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #107 published February 1960
as En el Sotano [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Hidden Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Morales (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Morales (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-957
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There Were 3 Victims!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): Sid Greene
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #14 published February 1976
as There Were 3 Victims! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-994
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Trapped in the Tunnel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-945
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The Hunter's Prey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Berg (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Berg (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-4
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The Utopia

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn
Synopsis: Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #60 published June 1957
as The Restaurant in the Sky [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Restaurant in the Sky"
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #52 published May 1959
as The Utopia [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #82 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1961
as The Utopia [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #68 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1961
as The Utopia [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #46 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1963
as The Utopia [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-188
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Down in the Cellar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ted Galindo (signed)
Inker(s): Ted Galindo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Mermaids buy a leaky house.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: J-938
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Build Me a Machine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-911

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