Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) comic books

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1st issue in series (no #1 or #2). Cover art by Bill Everett. Mister Death!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy battles a Islamic confidence artist. The Runaway Planet, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy prevents an invasion of Uranus by Satana. Time-Bomb Terror!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy investigates a gangster's connections to international communism. Ad for Fun Industries' Lone Ranger's "Silver Bullet" pen set with cowboy belt. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $119.95 or Best Offer View scans Near complete spine split. Chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

The Man Who Owned a Ghost!, art by Bill Everett; A dead man summons a ghost to haunt his wife's house so her guests will leave and he can kill her, but she confesses to him that he is already dead because she killed him the previous evening and he realizes that the ghost he has summoned is his own. Time-Stream Rescue; A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process. I Solved the Problem, art by Mac Pakula. The Walking Dead!, art by Al Eadeh. Melvin and the Martian, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos(?). "The Torture Chamber," script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan; A horror writer with a collection of wax monsters gets a hobo to enter a torture chamber so that he can record the man's speech as he thinks he is about to die. "Horror for Sale" text story. "Date with Death!", pencils by Manny Stallman; A man tells his friend that he met Death in the park and was warned he would die at dawn so he wants to borrow a plane to fly to Alaska. "Horror Show!", art by Sy Grudko; The monster of a TV horror show comes through the set to get at its audience. "The Man Who Was Afraid!", art by Tom Gill; A hypochondriac abandons a plague ship only to find that he has washed up on a leper isle. "A Playmate for Susan," art by Bill Everett; A doll stolen by a crook in hopes that it will quiet his stepdaughter kills the man when he attempts to smash it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. "The Three Feathers," script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A man kills his grandmother for his inheritance by dressing as a demon to induce a fatal heart attack. "The Demon of Disaster" text story. "Ghoul's Gold," art by Bernie Krigstein; A morgue attendant meets his end when he tries to steal the gold fillings from a corpse and the building catches fire. "The Death Watch," art by Cal Massey; A reporter assigned to write a story on the passing of a wealthy man is intrigued when he spies a beautiful woman sneaking into his room; He accosts her and demands a kiss or he will print her picture on the front page. "The House on the Hill," art by Vic Carrabotta; A young man encounters a pair of ghosts who rob people of their brains. "Helen's Husband," art by Ogden Whitney. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Jack the Ripper, art by Tony DiPreta; An American hears stories of a new murder attributed to Jack the Ripper, who has been dead for 20 years, and figures the English are perpetuating a hoax and goes to England to prove that he is really dead. Laughter of the Cat God text story. Vampire at the Window, script by Stan Lee, art by Hy Rosen; A man seeks help from a private detective when he spies a vampire lurking outside of his window, but the private detective turns out to be one as well. Man with a Tail, art by Larry Woromay; A man born with a tail meets a woman with a tail at a carnival freak show and is happy that he is no longer alone, but she strangles him; Her tail reflects feline characteristics while his is that of a rodent. The Sweet Old Ladies, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. The Last Kkrul, art by John Romita. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Mystery at Midnight," script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan; A criminal survives a train accident where he is cut in two and his legs commit crimes while his torso provides an alibi. "The Final Scoop" text story. "The Cheap Skate," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski. "When You Die!", script by Stan Lee, art by Carl Burgos; A pro-Western propaganda story about various miserable alien cultures idea of Heaven. "Just a Little Farther," art by Vic Carrabotta. "Living Doll!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jerry Robinson; Dolls in a small European toy shop are committing murders, but the police can't locate the guilty one, so they guard a group of them day and night waiting for the culprit to move. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sol Brodsky. "The Different Vampire," pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A vampire destroys one of his own coven when he uncovers his secret that he prefers vampire blood to human blood. "Horror Hill" text story. "The Worm That Turned," art by Ed Winiarski. "The Manhunter!", art by Vic Carrabotta. "The Man Who Went To Far!", script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel. "Gorilla!", script by Carl Wessler. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. "The Iron Head," art by Sid Greene; English soldiers in the Middle Ages are surprised to enter an enemy castle and find that a revolt has slain their opponents for them. "The Brain," art by Sam Kweskin; A polymath who is made aware that he does not have long to live pays off his large debts by selling his brain to several different universities. "The Fly and the Spider" text story. "The Man Who Dug Deep," art by Sol Brodsky. "The Strange Power," pencils by Louis Zansky. "Man Against Werewolf," art by Howie Post; A pack of vampires are living amongst the villagers under the pretense of protecting them from a non-existent werewolf menace. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. "I Died Too Often," art by Bob Fujitani; A man sees a cat fall off of a roof and is approached by a character who refers to himself as The Burier of Cats; This strange character tells the man that he can have the dead cat's nine lives if he wishes. "Bloom of Death" text story. "As Different As Day And Night," script by Carl Wessler, art by Chuck Winter; A greedy woman rents a room to a Dr. Jekyll type whom she thinks is two different people because they look different in the day and the night, but he kills her when she tips off police. "Monkey Face!", art by Sid Greene; A criminal with a gorilla-like face makes a deal with the Devil to look 'normal' in order to flee from police, so the Devil changes him into a gorilla. "Scared Out Of His Shadow!", art by Louis Ravielli; A man's shadow betrays him when it makes his own body shadow the murderous acts it inflicts on other people's shadows. "Come In And Meet The Folks!", art by John Forte. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Age Before Beauty, art by Sid Lawrence; A 45 year old man lands on a planet and marries a woman who is 21. No Evidence!, art by Louis Ravielli; A communist spy who steals state secrets by swallowing them and then getting his stomach pumped swallows a concentrated atomic energy capsule which burns a gaping hole through his belly. The End of the World!, art by Al Eadeh; An alien pacifist attempts to disguise himself as an earthling and warn the president of impending alien attack, but fails. Death Where is thy Sting, art by Don Perlin. The Hidden Planet!, art by Robert Q. Sale. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Eyes, art by Pete Tomlinson. The Rulers of Earth, art by Joe Sinnott. The Death of Me, art by Al Carreno. The Future of Oswald Flush!, art by Ed Winiarski. Until You Are... Dead!, art by Tony DiPreta; Gangster Killer Ryan forces biochemist Dr. Knight to create an antidote for poison gas so the criminal can avoid execution in the gas chamber; But the antidote alters Ryan's metabolism so he can only breathe poison gas. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. Knockout, art by Paul Reinman; A crooked boxing promoter meets his end when the ghost of a fighter he set up ties him up in rope and stuffs him into the gym's punching bag. The Tomb!, art by Myron Fass; A woman excavating a tomb attempts to eliminate her rival by using dynamite but the explosion blinds her. The Slave-Driver, art by Al Carreno; A sea captain that is set adrift after his crew mutinies comes ashore on an island where a plantation owner makes a slave out of him. Transformation!, art by Ed Moline; A gangster doesn't get the results he wants when he threatens a plastic surgeon to repair his acid-scarred face and the doctor remakes his face to resemble a woman's. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. Jessica!, art by Sid Greene; A young man invents a girlfriend for himself, but comes to regret it when he tells people he's meeting her that evening at the bridge, and a body is found floating in the river which matches his description of his girlfriend. The Dinner Guest, art by Don Perlin; A Soviet peasant feeds the local commissar to his zombie son. Collins Is In His Coffin!, art by Ed Winiarski; When a man is hanged on trumped charges in order for his neighbors to steal his land, he curses the area. Brother Vampire!, art by Al Eadeh; A man thinks that his Siamese twin is a vampire, but it turns out that the vampire just used his amnesia in order to hide in plain sight after using some plastic to connect the two of them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Greed!, art by Pete Tumlinson; A researcher receives telepathic signals from evil Martians, now long dead, who want him to build a machine that will allow them to cross space and conquer Earth. The Snowman!, art by Dave Berg; Two explorers determined to find the Abominable Snowman revert to savage ways to ensure that only one of them makes the discovery. The Man Who Melted!, art by Al Eadeh; An alien from Jupiter dresses as a caveman in order to capture an Earth specimen in ice. No Feelings!, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Man Who Didn't Belong!", art by Paul Reinman; An ugly sailor is washed overboard with a casket containing a female android that scientists were wanting to do experiments with and the two of them wind up on an island. "The Rookie!" text story. "It Waits in Space!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Robert Q. Sale; A spaceman is abducted by aliens who give him a computer test in order to determine if he harbors hostile intent. "For the Birds," art by Mort Lawrence; A henpecked employee that is forced to eat bird seed as a food tester sprouts wings. "Pleasant Dreams, Sir!", art by Hy Rosen; A man dozes off in a bath house and when he wakes he sees a strange creature. "The Dungeon," art by Tony DiPreta; A man marries an ugly woman for her castle and then locks her in the dungeon to starve to death. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Radioactive Man!, art by John Romita; A man present at an atom bomb test is thrust back in time twenty-six years and rendered invisible. The Test!, art by Manny Stallman; A man takes a used car out on a test drive that takes him to Mars. Will O' The Wisp!, art by Bob Powell; Sailors see a ship that leads them out of dangerous sailing conditions until they follow her back to port and are told that the old vessel has not sailed in forty years. The Rival, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man is being sexually harassed in the workplace by his robot manager. Man Alone!, art by Fred Kida. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Hands From Nowhere" (art by Bill Benulis), "The Vagrant" (art by Bernard Krigstein), "Sabotage" (art by Bob Forgione), "The Old House," "The Seekers" (art by Joe Sinnott), and a two-page text story, "Mystery Mansion." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Spaceship in My Barn, art by Bill Everett; A reporter is frustrated to meet alien visitors and fail to acquire pictures or evidence of any kind for their landing on Earth. The Man Who Looked for Death!, art by Joe Orlando; A reporter seeks out a historical novelist who turns out to be immortal. The Fat Man!, art by Larry Woromay; A human-looking visitor from Saturn must eat enough to weigh 250 lbs otherwise he will float upwards in Earth's lighter gravity. Eve of Halloween!, art by Ed Winiarski; A witch and her daughter go out riding on Halloween. The Hypnotist!, art by Bernie Krigstein; A boxer becomes champ under hypnosis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Hidden Valley!, art by Lou Morales; A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them. There Were 3 Victims!, art by Sid Greene; Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars. Trapped in the Tunnel!, art by John Forte; A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers. The Hunter's Prey, art by Dave Berg; Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space. Build Me A Machine!, art by Steve Ditko; A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Inside the Furnace!, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man goes back in time and robs himself. The Black Boxes!, art by Dick Ayers; In the year 1958, when ICBMs become a reality, mysterious black boxes appear in the sky which render them ineffectual. The Unknown Ones!, art by Al Williamson; A lovesick space explorer finds another love in a Martian princess who gives up her claim to the throne to be with him. They Lurk in the Cave!, art by Werner Roth; A man thinks himself a failure until he helps a galactic policeman foil a criminal plot. The Strange Power of Mr. Dunn!, art by John Romita; A man develops a cell growth formula to help out his carnival-owner friend as an attraction. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Danger in the Streets, art by John Forte; An atomic accident gives a researcher the ability to transmute objects into uranium. The Dragon's Roar!, art by Joe Orlando; A communist general decides to make an example of defiant villagers who celebrate the new year against his orders by building a dragon float with machine gunners inside to open fire upon the revelers. The Endless Journey, art by Ed Winiarski; When a chemist invents a serum that lets anyone will themselves to be elsewhere, it gets stolen by an escaped convict. Grotesque!, art by Hy Fleishman; A man threatened by a giant owl turns out to be the unintentional victim of a scientist disposing of an imperfect reducing serum. The Night of May 10th!, art by Bill Everett. The Secret!, art by Jim Mooney; A man gains his fortune by selling mud in beauty treatments gathered for him by mermaids. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $59.00 View scans Heavy water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The House of Fear!, art by John Forte; A man and a woman enter a creepy house when they are confronted by a spectral figure. Monster in the Mist!, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; A ship briefly goes through a time warp to the year 1519 and return to the present day just in time to avoid being sunk by a sea monster. The Trap!, art by Tony DiPreta. The Trap!, art by Tony DiPreta. Trapped by the Little Men!, art by Pete Morisi; When little men wake him from a sound sleep demanding that he come with them, a man realizes that his ancestor was Gulliver from "Gulliver's Travels." When He Presses the Button!, art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Midnight in the Wax Museum!; A reporter lets his imagination get the better of him when he accepts a bet to spend the night in a wax museum. Mystery in Mid-Air, art by John Forte. The Treasure Seekers text story, art by Mort Drucker. The Frightful Film!, art by Gray Morrow. The Floating Man, art by Joe Orlando. The Too Late Show, art by Ed Winiarski. The Creeping Threat!, art by John Romita. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Secret of the Pet Shop" with art by Mort Drucker; "No Way Out!" with art by Angelo Torres; "Something is Outside the Door!" with art by Bob Powell; "Thru the Dark Tunnel!"; "The Secret!"; "It Comes Out at Night" with art by Richard Doxsee; and a two-page text story, "Super Salesman." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.