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Issue: Tales to Astonish #11
Publication Date: September 1960
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Issues: #11 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: 04/1960
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 newsstands in April 1960. 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 In22
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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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I Found Monstrom, the Dweller in the Black Swamp!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monstrom
First Line: They warned us--but we didn't believe Monstrom existed!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as I Found Monstrom, the Dweller in the Black Swamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Tales to Astonish #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monstrom; John; Billy; Sara
Synopsis: A vacationing family finds a monster in a swamp. The locals drive it back into the swamp with torches, but it was only a shipwrecked alien trying to get help.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #18 published September 1975
as I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-755
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The Balloon

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): Leroy; Zoop
Synopsis: A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #56 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1964
as The Balloon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #57 published July 1964
as The Balloon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 2
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Balloon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales of the Unusual #6 published October 1956
was The Balloon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.8
Job Number: K-267
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages 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: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Average monthly circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "The Balloon".
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I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ralph; Anne
Synopsis: A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. He destroys the robot, but realizes that robots are harmless, and instead of cashing in he confesses his plan, and advocates the legalization of robots.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as I Was Face-to-Face With the Forbidden Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #[nn] published January 1973
as I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #20 published April 1973
as Face à face avec le robot illégal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDead of Night #10 [Regular Edition] published June 1975
as I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-759
Disclose Notes: This story is set in 1967.
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I Dared to Look into the Beyond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Carl; Derek
Synopsis: A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. He believes that he has travelled to the past, demonstrating that the future does not yet exist, but in fact he saw a future in which Earth was abandoned.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1970
as I Dared to Look Into the Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #18 published July 1975
as I Dared to Look into the Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as I Dared to Look Into the Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-773
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "Journey into Nowhere!" drawn by Joe Sinnott, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959).
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I Wore...The Mask of Drothor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Markas; Drothor (flashback)
Synopsis: An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorcerer. He robs a mansion wearing this mask, but his face has transformed to match it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Darkness #7 [unnamed variant] published October 1970
as I Wore...The Mask of Drothor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #134 published January 1973
as I Wore... The Mask of Drothor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDead of Night #10 [Regular Edition] published June 1975
as I Wore...The Mask of Drothor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #140 published August 1976
as Ho indossato... la maschera di Drothor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Ho indossato... la maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagInferno #4 published June 1997
as La maschera di Drothor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as I Wore...The Mask of Drothor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-745
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?" drawn by Dick Ayers in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959). Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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