Tales to Astonish #3 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1959

About Tales to Astonish #3

Jack Kirby cover. Joe Sinnott, Paul Reinman, and Steve Ditko art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Giant from Outer Space!

Characters: X

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Christopher Rule

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century!

Characters: Arro Goron

Synopsis: A man from 2459 spends all his money building a time machine and so he travels to Fort Knox in 1959 to steal all the gold. His time machine disappears, and when his personal force field runs out, he is imprisoned by the locals.

Pages: 5.000

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

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

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Title: The Weatherman

Characters: Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms

Synopsis: In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Joe Maneely

Inks: Joe Maneely

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: I Discovered the Men from Mars!

Characters: Dan Hadley; Igor; Ivan

Synopsis: An American spy spots a Martian ship off the coast, but it turns out to be a Soviet trick. He is lauded as a hero for stopping the Russians, but the next time a spaceship appears the Americans immediately fire, only to find that it was a real alien ship that now flees, never to make contact.

Pages: 5.000

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

Pencils: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1, 2 and 4, others pages not numbered).

Title: I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space!

Characters: Zacariah Stubbs

Synopsis: A miser in the future hides his money on a remote asteroid. He carefully maps the location of the money on the asteroid, but realizes once he returns to Earth that he cannot find the asteroid that he landed on.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Carl Burgos

Inks: Carl Burgos

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).

Title: I Am the Giant from Outer Space!

Characters: X

Synopsis: A space traveller many times larger than everyone else lands and carefully explores the area, accidentally causing some damage and fear. He leaves because of this, and goes home to Earth, thinking that they will need to be careful to deal with these tiny people.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).

Title: I Escaped to the Stars

Characters: Harry Wolf

Synopsis: A burglar in the 31st century is sentenced to lifetime solitary confinement. He is taken to a spaceport, where he escapes in an automated rocket that will never return to Earth, thinking that he has evaded the sentence and might one day land on another planet. This was the plan all along, since this enlightened society leaves even the worst criminals hope.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks: Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: 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	0	2	1	1	2	8	7	6	7	10	14	9	11	8	13	7	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	115
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	2	1	1	2	8	7	6	7	11	15	9	11	8	14	7	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	118

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