Tales to Astonish #1 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1959

About Tales to Astonish #1

Jack Kirby monster cover. Kirby, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, Carl Burgos, and Jack Davis art. Currently tied for #4 on Overstreet's Top Ten Horror Comics list.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: I Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!

Characters: "Experiment 247"; Capt. Kane; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Christopher Rule

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Rule inks per Michael J. Vassallo. Previous indexer credited George Klein as possible inker.

Reprints: Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!

Characters: Captain Kane; Simmons; Professor Briggs; Doctor Parker; "Experiment 247"; "Experiment XYZ"

Synopsis: An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Jack Kirby ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Christopher Rule

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-8, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7). Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo, September 2014.

Title: I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!

Characters: Larry Winters; Rita Winters

Synopsis: An investigator works diligently to discover the logical explanations behind the odd occurrences at a couple's newly purchased home. He is, in fact, a poltergeist who attempts to allay suspicion of his kind's existence among humans.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974), | Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 11-14, 16-17 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

Title: The Heat's On

Characters: John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler

Synopsis: When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from the record of Journey Into Mystery #44. Text story is pages 18, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!

Characters: Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson; Azka

Synopsis: A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Carl Burgos

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Penciler credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish, formerly incorrectly attributed to Paul Reinman. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Title: I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!

Characters: Mark Briton

Synopsis: Mysterious billboards appear, each bearing a picture of an alien soldier. A newspaperman realizes just in time that the billboards are an attempt by a two-dimensional alien race to hide an invasion.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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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
Universal	4	5	4	6	10	15	26	25	30	26	21	10	9	7	6	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	216
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Restored	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	4	5	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
Total	5	5	4	6	12	17	31	28	35	31	24	11	10	9	10	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	253

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