Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) UK Edition comic books 1970-1972

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10d cover price. Cover by Don Heck and Dan Adkins. :It Walks Like a Man!, script by Stan Lee, art by Dan Adkins; When a passing ship dumps a radioactive barrel into Namor's realm, he realizes the danger it poses and takes it far away from Atlantis to throw it into a deep crevasse; Little does he know that the radiation in the barrel has awakened an ancient monster who begins to menace both the surface world and the world beneath the waves alike. Turning Point!, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia; Betty bemoans her loss of Bruce; Bruce, in disguise, bemoans his circumstances, then transforms into Hulk who flees his hotel room in typical Hulk fashion - through the wall; Outside, Hulk sees a 'flying saucer' and leaps to bring it down so the aliens can take him far from Earth; What he brings down is not a saucer but the mighty Silver Surfer! 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10d cover price. Cover by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia. The Monarch and the Monster, script by Roy Thomas and Dan Adkins; As Namor battles It, torpedoes from the submarine cause an avalanche, trapping It; Namor turns on the submarine and begins to punch holes in it; It (the creature) returns and they battle, further damaging the submarine and (apparently) killing it;The submarine leaves (with the carcass of It) while Namor breaks off, feeling weakness overwhelm him. He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin; Having 'caught' the Silver Surfer (believing him to be an alien starship), Hulk starts a fight with perhaps the only being on Earth stronger than Hulk is; The Surfer, irritated, knocks him out, then probes Hulk to discover the reason for his belligerence and discovers the damage done by the gamma radiation; Just as the Surfer prepares to reverse the damage and return Dr. Banner's life, Hulk wakes up and, seeing the action as an attack, lashes out. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10d cover price. Cover by Dan Adkins. Helpless, at the Hands of Dragorr!, script by Roy Thomas, art by Bill Everett; As Namor plans his assault against the surface world, he is contacted by Dragorr, ruler of a small island, and invited to join him in conquering the world; Namor feels insulted by the surface man's affronity and decides to visit his island to teach him a lesson; Instead, he ends up being captured and forced to do Dragorr's bidding; It is only the timely intervention of the Lady Dorma that frees him and reveals the fact that Dragorr is a robot being run by the diminutive Gnome. To the Beckoning Stars!, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin and Herb Trimpe; The High Evolutionary finds himself beseiged on the planet of Wundagore II as his New Men revert to their bestial natures and attack; Thinking the Hulk may be just the help he needs to face his out of control creations, the Evolutionary has him captured and transported to his world. 36 pgs., full color.