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Issue: Tales to Astonish #19
Publication Date: May 1961
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Issues: #19 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
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: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in February 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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 In14
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
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Rommbu!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rommbu
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #7 published January 1971
as Rommbu! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Tales to Astonish #19 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #150 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Rommbu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rommbu; Pete Hunter; John Hunter
First Line: It's Rommbu!
Synopsis: An escaped geologist convicted of armed robbery leads an alien invader to an active volcano in order to sacrifice himself to destroy the alien and protect the planet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #7 published January 1971
as Rommbu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Rommbu! [, Part One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVoodoo #3 published ?
as Rommbu! [Part One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-138
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp). Rommbu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).
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Rommbu! Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rommbu; Pete Hunter; John Hunter
First Line: Not knowing that a human was hidden in his ship, the menacing Rommbu climbed...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #7 published January 1971
as Rommbu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Rommbu!, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVoodoo #3 published ?
as Rommbu!, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-138
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The Tree

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Wally Hadley
First Line: Living far out in the country was going to be a lot of fun, young Wally decided.
Synopsis: When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Tree [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Stories of Suspense #11 published October 1956
was The Tree [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-435
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Thing with the Red Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Vince Kane; Al Rocco
First Line: It is just a funny-looking little doll with big, red eyes!
Synopsis: A gangster buys a pincushion doll that looks like his rival, and his reactions to pins stuck in it convince him that it works. He throws the doll out the window of a tall building, but his rival has altered the doll to look like him instead.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #7 published January 1971
as The Thing with Red Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Thing With the Red Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-139
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person.
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The Terrible Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bart Magor; Zomok
First Line: Run! Run, you brainless creature!
Synopsis: A hunter with contempt for the animals he captures is captured by giant aliens and placed in a maze from which he can see a rocketship he could use to pilot his way home if only he could figure out how to escape the maze.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #7 published January 1971
as The Terrible Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]without page 3; reprinted without page 3
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Terrible Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-137

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