Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) comic books 1950-1952
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Issue #3
Published Apr 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.$685.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4231396001
$530.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4270131015
- Lateral spine tears.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
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.
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Issue #5
Published Aug 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.$600.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4325895010
$180.00
View scans- Full length spine split. Oxidation.
- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #1497629003
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover pencils by Bill Everett, inks by Bill Everett. "Caves of Doom," art by Bill Everett; An alien scientist makes the Grand Canyon his base of operations. "The Serpent Strikes!", art by Bill Everett; A woman from an Indian snake worshiping cult follows a stolen snake to the United States and takes revenge on the zoo that has it. "The Walking Ghost" text story. "Death from the Sky," script by Hank Chapman; A Korean War pilot is attacked by cloudmen and transformed into one himself. "Menace From the Moon!", script by Hank Chapman, art by Cal Massey; The first human rocketship to the moon returns filled with extraterrestrial invaders. "The Deadly Decision!", art by Bill Everett; Uranian criminals try to extract atomic secrets from Dr. Grayson. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
Published Jan 1952 by Marvel/Atlas.$290.00
View scans- Paper: Slightly britle
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #4281811003
$290.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Slab: See item notes
- Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure.
- Label #4279550002
$275.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4138728005
Cover by Russ Heath. "The Little Black Box," script by Hank Chapman, art by Bob Fujitani; A postal employee working in the dead letter office gets a duplicator that has been lost in time from the year 2000; He makes a duplicate of himself to leave with his nagging wife. "Who Dares To Enter???", script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. "Where Is Death?", art by Don Rico; Satan warns one of his sailor minions to get off a ship sailing the Sargasso sea because he has rewarded his minion with immunity from death at sea in exchange for his service. "Vengeance Of The Time Stream" text story. "The Luck Of Louis Nugent"; A child is born as a jinx and is there at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack. "The Scientists," art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
