Tales to Astonish #24 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1961

About Tales to Astonish #24

Jack Kirby cover and art. Steve Ditko art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Abominable Snowman

Characters: Abominable Snowman [Victor Cartwright]; Fred Cooper

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: The cover art is also the splash page of the lead story.

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: I Found the Abominable Snowman! [Part 1]

Characters: Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan

Synopsis: A TV producer fakes a film of the Abominable Snowman in the arctic, but runs afoul of an ancient underground civilization of lizard-men and a giant octopus.

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Notes: Narrated in the first person.

Title: [I Found the Abominable Snowman!], Part 2: The Snowman's Secret!

Characters: Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: The Recipe

Characters: Josie

Synopsis: A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration.

Title: Something Missing!!

Characters: Sally; Tom

Synopsis: The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.

Pages: 5.000

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

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971)

Title: He Waits in the Dark!

Synopsis: A mysterious janitor comes to work for a slumlord, but he has strange powers and ends the man's evil ways.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971)

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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	0	2	2	4	4	4	10	13	14	10	9	6	12	7	5	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	111
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	5	11	13	14	10	9	6	13	7	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	116

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