Astonishing Tales #24 It! The Living Colossus (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $660.00
Sold: Jul 4, 2023
Astonishing Tales #24 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1974
About Astonishing Tales #24
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: It, the Living Colossus; Fin Fang Foom
Pencils: Larry Lieber
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Letters: Danny Crespi
Notes: Crespi credit per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B credits Gaspar Saladino.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: It, the Living Colossus; Fin Fang Foom; Bob O'Bryan; Dr. Vault [Aloysisus Vault] (Villain); Diane Cummings; Dr Braun (Death); Felix Simon; Dorian Delazny; Grant Marshall
Synopsis: Fin Fang Foom is again controlled by Dr. Vault and he attacks It forcing him to slip away before he is defeated. Bob O'Bryan then sends his mind back to his body where he wakes up before they can perform an autopsy on him. Dr. Vault uses Fin Fang Foom to draw It out of hiding but before they can finish their fight some live wires are knocked into Fin Fang Foom breaking Dr. Vault's control. He shakes hands with It and leaves. Dr. Vault kills Dr. Braun for his insolence while Fin Fang Foom swims away.
Pages: 18.000
Script: Tony Isabella
Pencils: Dick Ayers; Larry Lieber; Jack Kirby; Gil Kane; Marie Severin (see notes)
Inks: Vince Colletta; Dick Ayers; Mike Esposito; Marie Severin (see notes)
Letters: Dave Hunt
Notes: Lieber pencils on pages 1-3; page 6, panels 1-2; page 13, panel 1 and pages 14-17. Ayers pencils on pages 4-5; page 6, panels 3-7; pages 7-8; pages 11-12; page 13, panels 2-5; and page 18. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2019. A number of panels and covers are reprinted in this story, most with alterations by Marie Severin. Page 5, panel 5 is from page 5, panel 3 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #20; page 9, panel 2 is from page 5, panel 2 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #14; page 9, panel 3 is from the cover to Tales of Suspense #14; page 10, panel 1 is from the cover to Tales of Suspense #20; page 10, panel 2 is from page 13, panel 4 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #20; page 10, panel 3 is from the cover to Astonishing Tales #21 and page 10, panel 4 is from the cover to Strange Tales #89. Info per George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B. It next appears in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #244 (February 1980).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
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