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Issue: Tales to Astonish #1
Publication Date: January 1959
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Issues: #1 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 09/02/1958
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):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.
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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:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Adult Image
Title Page
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I Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): "Experiment 247"; Capt. Kane; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker
First Line: That thing coming out from behind the wall--i-it's gigantic!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #4 published June 1974
as It Lurks Behind the Wall! [Illustration on Cover, Front]monster significantly redrawn; with additional art by John Romita
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Tales to Astonish #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Captain Kane; Simmons; Professor Briggs; Doctor Parker; "Experiment 247"; "Experiment XYZ"
First Line: We searched for a forgotten man in forgotten waters--and the trail turned up...
Synopsis: An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #4 published June 1974
as We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-83
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I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Larry Winters; Rita Winters
Synopsis: An investigator works diligently to discover the logical explanations behind the odd occurrences at a couple's newly purchased home. He is, in fact, a poltergeist who attempts to allay suspicion of his kind's existence among humans.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales Annual #1 published September 1962
as I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #6 published October 1974
as I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-84
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The Heat's On

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
First Line: The city suffered under the onslaught of the summer's first heat spell.
Synopsis: When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as The Heat's On [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #44 published March 1957
was The Heat's On [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-366
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from the record of Journey Into Mystery #44. Text story is pages 18, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson; Azka
First Line: My visit to the mystery planet started out as a business venture!
Synopsis: A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #4 published June 1974
as I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #199 published January 1984
as I Was the First Man to Set on... the Mystery Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Was the First Man to Set Foot on... The Mystery Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-85
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I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mark Briton
First Line: It was too incredible to believe!!
Synopsis: Mysterious billboards appear, each bearing a picture of an alien soldier. A newspaperman realizes just in time that the billboards are an attempt by a two-dimensional alien race to hide an invasion.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Foiled an Enemy Invasion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-82

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