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Issue: Tales to Astonish #22

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Publication Date: August 1961

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Issues: #22 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)

Title:

Variant: British

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)
6 (5 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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Variants2

2 Tales to Astonish #22 [unnamed variant]

Tales to Astonish #22 [British]

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Content Items (6 total)

The Crawling Creature

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, science fiction

Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, science fiction

Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature

First Line: It's strange that we should be absorbed in the stars and in the planets of...

Synopsis: A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Job Number: V-257

Notes: Narrated in the first person.

I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature

First Line: Behind me--the crawling creature!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Job Number: V-257

Patent Pending

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult

Character(s): Joe; Timothy Braun

First Line: A flower pot crashed outside my workshop window and when I...

Synopsis: A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: J-215

Notes: Text story with illustration.

Help!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult

First Line: It couldn't be so, for it defied all logic--all reason!

Synopsis: A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-258

Notes: Narrated in the first person.

For Whom the Drum Beats!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): Max Kole; Grimm

First Line: Meet "The Swinging Six!"

Synopsis: A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-259