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Issue: Tales to Astonish #33
Publication Date: July 1962
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Issues: #33 of 101 Issues (131 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: 04/03/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1962 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 In13
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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Dead Storage!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Marshall
First Line: No--no!!!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMystic #38 published January 1963
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #161 published July 1963
as Almacenaje Muerto [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #14 published November 1971
as Dead Storage [Illustration on Cover, Front]retouched
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Dead Storage! [Tales to Astonish #33 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dead Storage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Marshall; Koru
First Line: Look carefully at this man...
Synopsis: A burnt-out actor stumbles upon an alien invasion, and gives the best performance of his life to save Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #14 published November 1971
as What Happened in Dead Storage? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Dead Storage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-705
Disclose Notes: The third and sixth pages include advertisements at the top and bottom tiers for the Incredible Hulk ("Have You Seen the Hulk?"; "The Hulk is Coming!"). The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four, ("You've never read a comic like The Fantastic Four! Get your spine-chilling copy today!)
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The Comic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Stan Wepp
First Line: Stan Wepp stood before the lights, watched the teleprompter, the studio...
Synopsis: A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Comic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #45 published May 1956
was The Comic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [J-214]
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The Frightened Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Bentley
First Line: How would you like to escape from the worries and fears of this atomic age?
Synopsis: A scientist tries to use a time machine to escape the dangers of the modern world, but he finds that every era has its dangers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #16 published March 1972
as The Frightened Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Frightened Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-706
Disclose Notes: This story seems to be a retelling of "Time Machine", a text story first published in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957) and reprinted many times subsequently; it shares the same structure and moral, though the motive for building a time machine is different. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Voice of Fate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Walter Krugg
First Line: Can a man control his own destiny?
Synopsis: The Fates make a wager over whether humans will ever understand that they cannot escape them. One of them tells a jewel thief that he will be punished, but he defies fate and flees the country, thinking that since the US is in World War II he will never be found and punished in Hiroshima.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #6 published February 1972
as The Voice of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Voice of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "Mister Black", drawn by Gene Colan in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #93 (February 1962) with an American protaganist instead of a Japanese one. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Absent-Minded Professor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Blank
Synopsis: A college professor is certain that life exists upon other worlds, but can't quite remember why he is so assured of this fact. One evening he is abducted by aliens and he receives his answer. The aliens tell him the reason for his abduction is that years ago the aliens sent a spy to Earth, but failed to hear back from him, and the captain of the spaceship realizes that he should not have sent an absent-minded spy. The professor realizes that he is the alien spy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #20 published October 1975
as The Absent-Minded Professor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Absent-Minded Professor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: First page caption: "It's time once again to match wits with Lee and Ditko!!" The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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