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Issue: Tales to Astonish #9
Publication Date: May 1960
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Issues: #9 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 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in December 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In14
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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Droom! The Living Lizard!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Droom
First Line: Help! Save us!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #28 published May 1974
as Droom -- the Living Lizard! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Tales to Astonish #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Return of the Genie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Freddy
Synopsis: 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. Since the genie has no master, he is free to do whatever he wishes and he enslaves the Earth. Growing bored, he sets his sights on the stars, but finds once he passes Earth's atmosphere, his powers fade and he winds up back in the bottle again watching the man approach. This time, the genie thinks, he knows his mistake and won't overreach, but the man turns away and leaves without uncorking the bottle.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #11 published June 1974
as Return of the Genie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Return of the Genie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-637
Disclose Notes: Story continues from last issue. The Atlas Era Tales To Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #1 credit for Chris Rule is an error.
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No Way Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Harris; Amy Harris
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #34 published March 1975
as No Way Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as No Way Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.95
Job Number: T-623
Disclose Notes: The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page of story not numbered).
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.05
Disclose Notes: Circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "No Way Out".
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I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold
Synopsis: 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. They blast it into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 published April 1967
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #28 published May 1974
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-634
Disclose Notes: A revised version of Droom appears next in Fantastic Four / Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Story is pages 16-18, 20-23 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
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Time-Stream Rescue

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harold Bevinson; Prof. Rall; Gen. George Washington (cameo)
Synopsis: A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Time-Stream Rescue [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #10 published March 1952
was Time-Stream Rescue [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9685
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 24, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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Fangs of the Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Bobby
Synopsis: A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #13 published October 1974
as Fangs of the Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Fangs of the Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-635
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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