Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) comic books 1960

Add to cart FR 1.0 $53.00 View scans 7" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior of cover.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $40.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Severe water damage.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. He Waits For Us in the Glacier!, art by Don Heck; A nuclear submarine finds an alien hibernating in a glacier. The Money Tree text story. We Met in the Swamp!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; A hermit claims to have helped a group of aliens in return for a chest of treasure. I Lived a Ghost Story!, art by Paul Reinman; A real estate agent tries to dissuade a man from buying a haunted house, but he insists on spending a night there. I Saw the Other World!, art by Dick Ayers; A man tries to convince a stranger that the camera he found takes pictures of another dimension. I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain!, art by Steve Ditko. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $140.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Dared Defy the Floating Head!, art by Paul Reinman; A giant floating head appears over New York, claiming that it is the advance scout of an alien invasion, and ordering everyone to evacuate. I Live Again!, art by Steve Ditko; The animated statue rises up from where it fell in the last story and decides to go to America so that it can conquer the world. New Glasses text story. I–Am–The–Genie!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; A criminal finds a genie and uses it to wreak havoc, but when he goes too far he takes the genies place in the bottle. Mummex---King of the Mummies!, art by Don Heck; An archaeologist finds a giant mummy in the Egyptian desert; It rises and searches the tombs and museums of the area, examining several mummies before returning into the desert. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Return of the Genie!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; The genie from last issue's Kirby story returns again when a man uncorks his muddy bottle from the swamp and discards it because he cannot see the genie inside. No Way Out, art by Steve Ditko; In the 21st century mankind finds that there is a barrier out beyond Pluto that prevents any further space travel, keeping humanity confined to the solar system like goldfish in a bowl. I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!, art by Don Heck; A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables; A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. Time-Stream Rescue text story. Fangs of the Bear, art by Doug Wildey. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!, art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott; A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. The Flying Saucer That Was text story. Only I Know When the World Will End!!!, art by Don Heck; A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. Something Lurks Inside!, art by Steve Ditko; A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth. What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!, art by Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule; A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existance. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A vacationing family finds a monster in a swamp. The Balloon text story. I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!, art by Don Heck; A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. I Dared to Look into the Beyond!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. I Wore...The Mask of Drothor!, art by Steve Ditko; An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorcerer. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; An expedition finds the missing link between apes and humans in Borneo. The Sorcerer text story, art by Joe Maneely. My Nightmare Has No End!, art by Don Heck; A man meets an extradimensional being in his nightmares. Save Me! Save Me!, art by Paul Reinman; A scientist makes himself able to walk on water in order to steal secret military plans from a ship. A Monster Waits Outside!!, art by Steve Ditko; An astronaut is sent into orbit in a tiny sphere without communication. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

1st appearance of Groot - Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; The monarch of planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. Special Sale text story, art by Joe Maneely. I Found the Abominable Snowman!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. My Friend is...Not Quite Human!, art by Steve Ditko; A misogynist wood-carver falls in love with his sculpture and has himself transformed into wood, but his refusal to pay a gypsy mystic leads to her making the wooden figure human out of spite. I Found the Hidden World!, art by Don Heck; An ex-con investigates a professor's theories about a world inside television sets. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Created Krang! The Most Fantastic Monster The World Has Ever Known!, Chapter One, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A scientist's formula makes an ant giant and super-intelligent. Chapter Two: Krang!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. The Remedy Oil text article, art by Marie Severin. Behold! I Am the Master of Time!, art by Steve Ditko; In a black magic book, a thief finds instructions for creating a time machine which runs on electricity, but after robbing people in the 18th century and attempting to return to the 20th, he realizes he is stuck in the past because there is no electricity in the 18th century. The Thing in Human Form!, art by Don Heck; A Martian is sent to Earth to kidnap a human scientist who has invented a weapon that Mars wants to use against Jupiter. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.