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Issue: Tales to Astonish #22
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #22 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
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 May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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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The Crawling Creature

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Tales to Astonish #22 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #153 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
First Line: It's strange that we should be absorbed in the stars and in the planets of...
Synopsis: A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #13 published January 1972
as I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-257
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
First Line: Behind me--the crawling creature!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #13 published January 1972
as I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-257
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Patent Pending

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Joe; Timothy Braun
First Line: A flower pot crashed outside my workshop window and when I...
Synopsis: A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Patent Pending [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystic #47 published May 1956
was Patent Pending [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-215
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Help!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
First Line: It couldn't be so, for it defied all logic--all reason!
Synopsis: A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #15 published January 1972
as Help!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #21 [unnamed variant] published November 1975
as Help! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #183 published January 1980
as Help! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Help! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-258
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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For Whom the Drum Beats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Max Kole; Grimm
First Line: Meet "The Swinging Six!"
Synopsis: A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #20 published November 1972
as For Whom the Drum Beats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #183 published January 1980
as For Whom the Drum Beats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as For Whom the Drum Beats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-259

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