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Issue: Tales to Astonish #9
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 12/28/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories are narrated in the first person. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Droom! The Living Lizard!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
horror
Droom
Help! Save us!
Reprinting
FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #28 published May 1974
as Droom -- the Living Lizard! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Tales to Astonish #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Return of the Genie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
occult
Freddy
The genie from last issue's Kirby story returns again when a man uncorks his muddy bottle from the swamp and discards it because he cannot see the genie inside. Since the genie has no master, he is free to do whatever he wishes and he enslaves the Earth. Growing bored, he sets his sights on the stars, but finds once he passes Earth's atmosphere, his powers fade and he winds up back in the bottle again watching the man approach. This time, the genie thinks, he knows his mistake and won't overreach, but the man turns away and leaves without uncorking the bottle.
Reprinting
FlagVault of Evil #11 published June 1974
as Return of the Genie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Return of the Genie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
T-637
Story continues from last issue. The Atlas Era Tales To Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #1 credit for Chris Rule is an error.
No Way Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Dr. Harris; Amy Harris
In the 21st century mankind finds that there is a barrier out beyond Pluto that prevents any further space travel, keeping humanity confined to the solar system like goldfish in a bowl.
Reprinting
FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #34 [unnamed variant] published March 1975
as No Way Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as No Way Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4.95
T-623
The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page of story not numbered).
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.05
Circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "No Way Out".
I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold
A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables. A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. They blast it into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur.
Reprinting
FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 published April 1967
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #28 published May 1974
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
T-634
A revised version of Droom appears next in Fantastic Four / Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Story is pages 16-18, 20-23 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
Time-Stream Rescue

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Harold Bevinson; Prof. Rall; Gen. George Washington (cameo)
A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Time-Stream Rescue [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAstonishing #10 published March 1952
was Time-Stream Rescue [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
9685
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 24, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Fangs of the Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
occult
Bobby
A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.
Reprinting
FlagCrypt of Shadows #13 published October 1974
as Fangs of the Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Fangs of the Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
T-635
Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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