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Issue: Tales to Astonish #31
Publication Date: May 1962
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Issues: #31 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: 02/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in February 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 In17
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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 Mummy's Secret!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMystic #41 published January 1963
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #159 published May 1963
as El Secreto de la Momia [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #8 published September 1971
as The Mummy's Secret! [Illustration on Cover, Front]relettered and with slight alterations
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Mummy's Secret! [Tales to Astonish #31 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When the Mummy Walks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Paul Kentworth; Gloria Carstairs; Jason Wilkes; Mr. Carstairs; Lord Randolph; Giant Mummy
First Line: Behold the great Egyptian desert, for it is here that I dwell!
Synopsis: An archaeologist uncovers an ancient mummy, which is actually an alien invader that locked itself in the pyramid. It bursts out, but it turns out that the mummy forgot that it sealed itself in to protect himself from Earth's atmosphere, which kills it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Creatures Roam #8 published September 1971
as When the Mummy Walks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #19 published October 1975
as When the Mummy Walks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as When the Mummy Walks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Strange Stone

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Johnny
First Line: When Johnny came to the open field, he couldn't resist the...
Synopsis: Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Strange Stone [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #41 published January 1956
was The Strange Stone [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-401
Disclose Notes: The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "When the Mummy Walks", while the second page is printed between "The Man of Iron!" and "The Pretender!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
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It Fell from the Flying Saucer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It all begins as just an ordinary day in the park!
Synopsis: An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #5 published October 1966
as It Fell from the Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #13 published October 1971
as It Fell From the Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #16 [25¢ Cover Price] published June 1976
as It Fell from the Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as It Fell from the Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-609
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.
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Man of Iron!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Nastiwell Snide; Bela
First Line: You've heard about rich, spoiled brats!
Synopsis: A rich weakling pays a witch to give him muscles of iron, but her spell makes him sink right through the Earth's surface.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #13 published October 1974
as Man of Iron! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Man of Iron! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-611
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #17–27, despite monthly cover dates): 184,895. This shares the last page of "The Strange Stone".
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The Pretender!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Stephen Dwane; Kusoom
First Line: We don't claim that it is, but this story could be true!
Synopsis: A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as The Pretender! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Pretender! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Sinnott ghost penciled this story for Reinman.

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