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Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 20

  • Issue #20
    Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 20
    • Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3984608003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Residue on inside and outside of cover.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Jack Kirby. What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! Part 1, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A comic writer's monsters keep coming to life, until he creates one that can't be defeated. What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! Part 2, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! Part 3, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! Part 4, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Odd Skills text story, art by Joe Maneely. One-Way Journey!, art by Steve Ditko; A heartless tycoon spends great resources and eliminates jobs in order to build a machine that will transport him from the current moment to one forty years hence because his scientists have predicted an end to disease, war, and poverty in the year 2001. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.