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Issue: Astonishing #3
Publication Date: April 1951
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Issues: #3 of 61 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: ASTONISHING is published by 20TH CENTURY COMIC CORP. Office of publication: 350 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for second-class matter pending at the post office at New York, N. Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Canton, Ohio. Published bi-monthly. Copyright 1950 by 20TH CENTURY COMIC CORP., 350 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Vol. 1 No. 3 APRIL 1951 issue. Price 10c per copy. Subscription rate $1.00 for 12 issues. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Boy; Mr. Death
First Line: Even your power, Marvel Boy, is helpless against my spell of terror!
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In Content Item: FlagAstonishing #27 published May 1951
as Mr. Death! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Astonishing #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Stan Goldberg credits himself via his website (error report 6518)
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Makes Any Auto Repair Job Your "Meat"!

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Synopsis: Ad for MoToR's automobile repair manual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Mister Death!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Mister Death [Omar Khayam Rasch]; Jane Dumont
Synopsis: Marvel Boy battles a pseudo-Muslim confidence artist.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Mister Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: 7908
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The Inside Story of Professional Wrestling!

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Synopsis: an ad for Homecrafts' book "The Wrestling Scene"
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The Runaway Planet

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Matthew Grayson; Casimar; Princess Satana; Master of Satania
Synopsis: Marvel Boy prevents an invasion of Uranus by Satania.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Runaway Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Boy: The Uranian #1 published March 2010
as The Runaway Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: 7910
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Fright!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Edward Earl; Dr. Bertrand; Dr. Walton
Synopsis: A reporter, writing a story about a wax museum, is driven mad by spending the night there.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Fright! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: 7936
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How "Mini-Gym" turns plant "Drip" into Success Dynamo

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Synopsis: a comic strip ad for Mini-Gym Corporation's Mini-Gym
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The Invisible Horror!

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Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Invisible Horror! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Mysteries #33 published July 1949
was A Moment of Horror [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Invisible Horror!"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 5416
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New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame

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Synopsis: an ad for Hollywood Film Studios' photographic enlargements.
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Learn to Dance in 5 Days or Pay Nothing!

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Synopsis: an ad for Pioneer Publications Inc.'s dance lessons.
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Limited Time Only

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Synopsis: an ad for N&S Sales cigarette lighters.
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Synopsis: a house ad for Man Comics, Apache Kid, and Black Rider
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Ugly Blackhead out in Seconds

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Synopsis: an ad for Ballco Products' Yacutex blackhead remover.
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Time-Bomb Terror!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Sherry Davis; Dyanmite Carr; Capt. Davis
Synopsis: Marvel Boy investigates a gangster's connections to international communism.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Time-Bomb Terror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: 7909
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Synopsis: a series of classified ads.
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Fun for All!

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Synopsis: an ad for Novelty Mart's novelties.
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Hi-Yo! Kids!

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Synopsis: an ad for Fun Industries' Lone Ranger's "Silver Bullet" pen set with cowboy belt.
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Men!

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Synopsis: an ad for Ward Green Co.'s Commander, a men's girdle.
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Reduce Keep Slim at Home

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Synopsis: an ad for Spot Reducer Co.'s electric Spot Reducer vibrating massager.
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Disclose Notes: back cover

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