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Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 42

  • Issue #42
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 42
    • Cover detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Carl Burgos. "From Out of the Smog!", script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Ross Andru; Alien invaders encounter a movie crew shooting a film about invaders from space and draw the conclusion that the film extras would defeat them in battle so they withdraw. "Lost" text story. "The Creatures!", art by Tony DiPreta; Humans encounter aliens which they take to be stupid animals and place them in a zoo. The aliens form the same opinion of humans and escape the zoo back to their spaceship. "The Man Who Was Magic!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Mort Lawrence; A hunter enters a cave and finds that the exit leads to Nero's Rome. "The Man In the Moon!", art by Ed Winiarski; A boy makes friends with a moon man and gives him his father's grass seed so that it can be planted on the moon. "They Vanish at Night!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by John Tartaglione; A psychologist sees what he takes to be a man suffering a delusion in the park speaking to a female manikin as though she were alive. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.