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Issue: Tales to Astonish #10
Publication Date: July 1960
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Issues: #10 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 02/29/1960
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):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in February 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.
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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 Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In25
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Titano
First Line: Look, Mac!!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #1 published January 1964
as I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTower of Shadows #7 published September 1970
as Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #128 published January 1974
as I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #196 published January 1983
as I Was Trapped by Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Tales to Astonish #10 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Titano; Makau; Cdr. Hartnell; Johnson
First Line: The sea was calm... The sun was bright...
Synopsis: A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTower of Shadows #7 published September 1970
as I Was Trapped by Titano the Monster That Time Forgot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #196 published January 1983
as I Was Trapped by Titano The Monster That Time Forgot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Monsters #[nn] published January 2006
as I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-686
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The Flying Saucer That Was

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): George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
First Line: George Ridley looked at his watch...
Synopsis: A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as The Flying Saucer That Was [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #12 published June 1953
was The Flying Saucer That Was [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-486
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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Only I Know When the World Will End!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kartu
First Line: Look -- It's coming closer...
Synopsis: A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. He escapes and decides that he really is insane, hiding in a cave while, unknown to him, astronomers observe a nearby planetary collision and realise that he really was an alien.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as Only I Know When the World Will End!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagClimax Adventure Comic #12 published January 1973
as Only I Know When the World Will End!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #196 published January 1983
as Only I Know When the World Will End!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Only I Know When the World Will End!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-685
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Something Lurks Inside!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ted Karson
First Line: Exactly one year ago, I , Ted Karson...
Synopsis: A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as Something Lurks Inside! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagClimax Adventure Comic #12 published January 1973
as Something Lurks Inside! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as Something Lurks Inside [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-696
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What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Simon Drudd; Bentley
First Line: Was it only one short week ago when I set off the alarm?
Synopsis: A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existence.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #1 published November 1970
as What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #[nn] published January 1973
as What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrazy Magazine #76 published July 1981
as What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd?!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]same art but new dialogue and lettering
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #196 published January 1983
as What was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
as What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-684

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