Tales to Astonish #16 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1961

About Tales to Astonish #16

Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko cover. Kirby, Ditko, Don Heck, and Paul Reinman art. Thorr appearance.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: This Is Thorr!

Characters: Thorr

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable

Characters: Thorr [renamed "Thorg" in later reprints]; Linus; Helen

Synopsis: When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)

Inks: Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)

Title: The Bridge

Characters: Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks

Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: ? (illustration)

Inks: ? (illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration.

Title: My Touch Means... Doom!

Characters: Bill Howard; Martha Howard; Dr. Johnson

Synopsis: A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. The guard on duty doesn't carry a gun, but the thief experiences a terrifying vision where he is irradiated and made deadly to the touch while trying to escape. It turns out that the new guard is a "psychiatrist hypnotist" who gave him the vision.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Reprints: Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970)

Notes: Narrated in the third person.

Title: Save Me from the Mole Men!

Characters: Crusher; Xoorr

Synopsis: A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)

Title: I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!

Characters: Joe

Synopsis: A bedraggled man wanders through a misty night, unsure of his identity. He is finally forced to return to his prison in a painting, where he has been trapped since betraying a sorcerer.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)

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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	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	6	3	5	9	11	11	15	6	9	12	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	105
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
Signature Series	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
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	6	3	5	9	13	11	16	6	10	12	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	109

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