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Issue: Tales to Astonish #25
Publication Date: November 1961
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Issues: #25 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1961
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 August 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 Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In20
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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The Creature from Krogarr!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
First Line: I-have-come-to-take-you-to-Krogarr!!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #13 published September 1971
as The Creature From Krogarr! [Illustration on Cover, Front]relettered and with alterations
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Tales to Astonish #25 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Hanson; Clara Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
First Line: I've always been a happy-go-lucky guy!
Synopsis: A dissolute human is targeted by an alien that can transport items through television sets, but he is saved by his failure to pay the electric bill.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #13 published September 1971
as I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #17 [25¢ Cover Price] published August 1976
as I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonster Masterworks #[nn] published January 1989
as I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-351
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Party

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Braggle
First Line: With a flower in his button-hole, a broad smile on his face, and a...
Synopsis: A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Party [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystical Tales #2 published August 1956
was The Party [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-959
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Behold Him! He Is the Martian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Danny Blake"; Agent X
First Line: Wanna see how it feels to be the first man to Mars?
Synopsis: A spy from Jupiter disguised as a human stows away on the first rocket from Earth to Mars. The pilot is a Martian spy disguised as Earthman Dan Blake whose mission is to radio back to Earth that a radiation belt with fatal effects makes attempting to reach Mars too dangerous so Earthmen will give up their attempts to reach Mars. The spy from Jupiter overcomes the Martian and radios Jupiter that travel to Mars is safe, and then radios the Martian's story back to Earth so as to discourage Earthlings from space flight.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #8 published September 1971
as Behold Him! He Is the Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #15 [25¢ Cover Price] published April 1976
as Behold Him! He Is the Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Behold Him! He Is the Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-352
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.

Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.
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The Gypsy's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Monk Morgan
First Line: Some there are, who are the victims of criminals...
Synopsis: An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #14 published December 1971
as The Gypsy's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeriespesial #5/1985 published January 1985
as Sigøynerens hevn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Gypsy's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-353
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Where Lurks the Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Joe; Mike
First Line: Joe, are you still saving these whacky clippings about haunted houses?
Synopsis: A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #15 published January 1972
as Where Lurks the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #17 published January 1973
as Ou se cache le fantome ? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Hombre de Bronce #3 published July 1975
as El Fantasma esta al Acecho [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "El Fantasma esta al Acecho", Spanish translation
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #23 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1976
as Where Lurks the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Where Lurks the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-354

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