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Issue: Tales to Astonish #26
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #26 of 101 Issues (177 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: 09/05/1961
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 September 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 Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In20
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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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The Four-Armed Things!; He Walked Thru Walls!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, science fiction
Character(s): William Cartwright
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #19 published January 1964
as The Four-Armed Things!/He Walked Thru Walls! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #150 published January 1975
as The Four-Armed Things!; He Walked Thru Walls! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #183 published January 1980
as The Four-Armed Things!; He Walked Thru Walls! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Tales to Astonish #26 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #156 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Anne Morgan"; William Cartwright; Bruno
First Line: It was on a bleak rainy night that nurse Anne Morgan arrived at...
Synopsis: An explorer learns of an invasion of four-armed aliens. His nurse tells him his bodyguard is one of the aliens, but he realizes that she is the real alien.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #8 [unnamed variant] published March 1971
as Look Out!! Here Come the... Four-Armed Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #19 [unnamed variant] published November 1975
as Look Out!! Here Come the... Four-Armed Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #183 published January 1980
as Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-402
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The Weatherman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, science fiction
Character(s): Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
First Line: "Don't know what the world is coming to," said Willie Wimms as he put down the morning newspaper.
Synopsis: In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #49 published August 1956
was The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-71
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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He Walked Through Walls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Silas Birch; Charles J. Cragmore
First Line: In every century there have been greedy, discontented men like Silas Birch...
Synopsis: A stranger performs feats of magic, and offers anything that people might want if they sign a contract. He helps a disgruntled clerk steal money and get away, but the clerk is stranded on an island forever.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #4 published July 1971
as He Walked Through Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #22 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1976
as He Walked Through Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #183 published January 1980
as He Walked Through Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as He Walked Through Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-403
Disclose Notes: Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.
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Run, Rocky, Run!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rocky Jordan
First Line: Midnight!! The city's darkness holds a thousand stories...
Synopsis: A criminal on the run plans to stow-away on the experimental rocket he reads about, but finds out too late that is an advanced miniature rocket that cannot carry a pilot.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #8 [unnamed variant] published March 1971
as Run, Rocky, Run! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Run, Rocky, Run! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-405
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Retold as a Tales of the Watcher story as "Run, Roco, Run" by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969). Stan Lee given a tentative writer's credit based on his authorship of the retelling.
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Dream World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: When a man is tired...
Synopsis: A man repeatedly dreams that his bed is levitating, and can’t tell if he’s dreaming or not.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #8 [unnamed variant] published March 1971
as Dream World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #19 [unnamed variant] published November 1975
as Dream World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn] published January 2005
as Dream World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Dream World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-380
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person. This story is presented, according to a caption, because of positive response to "The Silent Screen" in issue #21 (July 1961), a similarly structured story. The last page carries an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Stan Lee adopts Cartesian philosophical skepticism regarding dreams.

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