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Issue: Tales to Astonish #32
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #32 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: 03/08/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 In9
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Quicksand

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
First Line: It's incredible!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Quicksand [Tales to Astonish #32 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #21 published ?
as Quicksand [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover ink credit from Steve Grant (Dec 2, 2005). Previous entry was Steve Ditko.
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Quicksand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Geoffrey Wickshire; Sir Edmund Wickshire
First Line: Beneath the hungry sand there lurked an incredible secret!
Synopsis: A greedy man tries to kill his brother to gain his half of the estate by tricking him into quicksand. The brother is saved by leprechauns and would have given up his half of the estate, but the greedy brother is so frightened that he falls to his death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Quicksand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-669
Disclose Notes: The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). Ink credit changed from Steve Ditko on information from Steve Grant (Dec 2, 2005).
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Venus!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Monongahela Munroe
First Line: Monongahela Munroe was the first man on Venus.
Synopsis: The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Venus! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #75 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
was Venus! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 8745
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The Bully Boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Fuller
First Line: In spite of all our scientific advances, this story could not happen yet!
Synopsis: An electronic teacher observes a weak student being bullied and offers to train him in body building and fighting styles. When the student excels and becomes an even bigger bully than the others, the robot is disappointed with the results and deactivates itself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Bully Boy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-670
Disclose Notes: The second and fifth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Girl in the Black Hood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Medusa [May Dusa]; Mr. Jones
First Line: She had wealth, she had fame!
Synopsis: A famous photographer never allows anyone to see her face. A criminal tries to rob her and forces her to remove her hood, only to discover that she is actually Medusa when he is turned to stone.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Dracula #2 published September 1974
as The Girl In the Black Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Girl in the Black Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-671
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
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I Am a Martian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Look, I wouldn't lie about a thing like this!!
Synopsis: A man can’t get anyone to believe that he is a Martian, but when he is allowed to modify a fire truck ladder he uses it to get home.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as I Am a Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Comics #19101 published ?
as Ik ben een Martiaan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-672
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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