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Issue: Tales to Astonish #17
Publication Date: March 1961
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Issues: #17 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
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: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in October 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.
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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 In16
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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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Vandoom! He Who Made a Creature!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Vandoom's Creature
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #4 published January 1971
as Vandoom! He Who Made a Monster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]relettered; without touch-ups on monster
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Tales to Astonish #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #148 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]altered
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature!, Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ludwig Vandoom; Vandoom's Creature
First Line: You, Frankenstein, were the most famous monster to walk the earth...
Synopsis: Vandoom, the owner of a Transylvanian wax museum, sets out to build a new monster in order to bring customers back to the museum. A lightning bolt brings the creature to life, but despite the fearful attacks of the villagers, it is not hostile and does not strike back. An invasion force of Martians lands and Vandoom convinces his creation to attack them. The wax figure defeats them, but the effort drains the life force out of it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #4 published January 1971
as Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagMonster Masterworks #[nn] published January 1989
as Van Doom, the Man Who Made a Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature!, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-55
Disclose Notes: Although vampires were not allowed in Comics Code approved books a wax figure of Dracula (along with other traditional monsters recognizable from the Universal horror films, including the Frankenstein Monster, Wolfman and the Mummy) slips through in this this story.
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Chapter 2: The Mark of Vandoom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Ludwig Vandoom; Vandoom's Creature
First Line: Through a one-in-a-billion accident when the mysterious lightning hit my...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #4 published January 1971
as Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagMonster Masterworks #[nn] published January 1989
as Van Doom, the Man Who Made a Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as [Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature!], Chapter 2: The Mark of Vandoom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-55
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The Spirit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Bobby Davis; Tom Davis; Alice Davis;
First Line: Bobby Davis was despondent.
Synopsis: A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as The Spirit [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #49 published May 1956
was The Spirit [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-169
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Beware! Of the Ghastly Glass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Bruno
First Line: Twilight! Two shadowy figures prowl the streets, searching, seeking...
Synopsis: A man kills to gain possession of a magic crystal that grants him four wishes, but even his carefully worded wishes backfire, stranding him on the Moon.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #4 published January 1971
as Beware! of the Ghastly Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as Beware! Of the Ghastly Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2008
as Beware! Of the Ghastly Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-54
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person.
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I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Smith
First Line: It's just nonsense...
Synopsis: A scientist builds an ultimate bomb and plans to use it to hold the world hostage. He hides it in a room believed haunted, but when he goes to give his ultimatum to the UN he realizes that he is now a ghost.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTower of Shadows #9 published January 1971
as I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #199 published January 1984
as I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room! [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 Enter the Haunted Room! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-37

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