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Issue: Tales to Astonish #54

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Publication Date: April 1964

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Issues: #54 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)

Title:

Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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

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Tales to Astonish #54 [unnamed variant]

2 Tales to Astonish #54 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (7 total)

No Place to Turn!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

No Place to Hide!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Hank, shrink down to normal size for a while!

Synopsis: Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: X-610

Notes: El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988).

The Treasure

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult

Character(s): Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish

First Line: Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.

Synopsis: A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: [G-980]

Notes: Continues in next issue.

There Were Five Frightened Men...!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): Victor Conrad; Mr. Smythe

First Line: The painting was more than a masterpiece on canvas!

Synopsis: An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-609

Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
This is the last non superhero comic story in Tales to Astonish.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 0.88

Notes: Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #25 (April 1964) and the launch of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series). This shares the page with the statement of ownership.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.18

Notes: Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #39–51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo.

Conquest!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): King Shann; Tommy

First Line: Ah! A phone call!

Synopsis: A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-570