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Issue: Tales to Astonish #30
Publication Date: April 1962
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Issues: #30 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/09/1962
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):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in January 1962. 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 Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Thing from the Hidden Swamp!; Return of the Gorilla-Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): "Thing from the Hidden Swamp" (only referred to as such in title); Mary Brown; Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzic]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #25 published January 1965
as The Thing From the Hidden Swamp!/Return of the Gorilla-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #146 published January 1975
as The Thing from the Hidden Swamp!/Return of the Gorilla-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #180 published January 1979
as The Thing From the Hidden Swamp!/Return of the Gorilla-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Tales to Astonish #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGorilla Man #3 published November 2010
as Tales to Astonish #30 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #158 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of the Gorilla-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]; Professor Stuyvesant
First Line: He's back!!
Synopsis: The Gorilla-Man escapes and tries to get himself transformed back into a human, but instead he is blasted into space in an experimental space capsule.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #5 published November 1971
as The Return of the Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #230 published January 1985
as The Return of the Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Return of the Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGorilla Man #3 published November 2010
as The Return of the Gorilla-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: [V-586] ?
Disclose Notes: Despite the end of the story in Tales to Astonish #28 seemingly indicating Gorilla-Man's mind regressing to that of a beast, in this issue Gorilla-Man's mental facility seems to be completely unimpaired.
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The Remedy Oil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
First Line: All of the fancy clothing stores on Main Street were doing a booming business at...
Synopsis: An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #54 published April 1957
was The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-984
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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The Thing from the Hidden Swamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mary Brown; "The Thing from the Hidden Swamp" (only referred to as such in title)
First Line: There's no place quite as eerie as a dark, secluded swamp...
Synopsis: A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #13 published October 1971
as The Thing From the Hidden Swamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #18 [unnamed variant] published August 1975
as The Thing from the Hidden Swamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as The Thing from the Hidden Swamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-587
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.

Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.
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What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Willy Sloane; Mr. Jordan
First Line: Willy Sloane operated the oldest elevator in the oldest hotel in town!
Synopsis: An oddly cheerful elevator operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #14 published November 1971
as What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #18 published July 1975
as What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-588
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Quogg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Quogg
First Line: Our scene is an outpost in Africa!
Synopsis: A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as Quogg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #20 published August 1975
as Quogg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3 [Regular Edition] published March 2010
as Quogg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-589
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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