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Issue: Tales to Astonish #3
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #3 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover) ; pages of comic not numbered. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Giant from Outer Space!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): X
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Tales to Astonish #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Arro Goron
First Line: In the year 2469, after spending my inherited fortune and...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-199
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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The Weatherman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
First Line: "Don't know what the world is coming to," said Willie Wimms as he put down the morning newspaper.
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #49 published August 1956
was The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-71
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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I Discovered the Men from Mars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dan Hadley; Igor; Ivan
First Line: It's ironic, how things work out!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Discovered the Men from Mars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-205]
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I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zacariah Stubbs
First Line: Oh, if only I hadn't done it!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-212
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
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I Am the Giant from Outer Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): X
First Line: Your whole world has been terrified since I arrived!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Am the Giant from Outer Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-213
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
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I Escaped to the Stars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Wolf
First Line: My name is Harry Wolf and right now, back on Earth, everybody's talking about me!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as I Escaped to the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Escaped to the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-211
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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