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Issue: Tales to Astonish #37
Publication Date: November 1962
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Issues: #37 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: 08/02/1962
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 August 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. This issue includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).
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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 In18
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Unknown Protector!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: I'm flying into a trap!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Planets #4 published January 1962
as The Unknown Protector!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Unknown Protector!! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Tales of Suspense #37 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Featuring: The Ant-Man Defying the Unknown Protector!! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Each day a thousand tales are etched in the city!
Synopsis: Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewellers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #2 published April 1966
as Trapped by the Protector! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Trapped by the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Trapped by the Protector! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Magician

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Howard; Uncle Bart
First Line: Working as a page in a television studio was a very good start in the right...
Synopsis: A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #34 published August 1955
was The Magician [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-719]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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[Trapped by the Protecter!] Part 2 Face-to-Face With the Protector!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: The Protector is at 600 Harley Avenue, extorting money from a jeweler!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #2 published April 1966
as [Trapped by the Protector!] Part 2: Face-to-Face With the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Trapped by the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as [Trapped by the Protector!, Part 2:] Face-to-Face With the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as [Trapped by the Protector!, Part 2:] Face-to-Face With the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Part 2 Face-to-Face with the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Final panel includes a house ad for Marvel's hero line (Journey into Mystery with Thor; Strange Tales featuring the Human Torch; the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk).
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Afraid to Dream!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Harry Fiske
First Line: In another half-hour it will be midnight!
Synopsis: A man whose dreams come true is terrified when he dreams his own death. He isolates himself all day, but is killed by an avalanche.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #14 published October 1972
as La crainte de rêver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Afraid to Dream! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).
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The Star Raiders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Brock; Zenogg
First Line: Here comes the guard!
Synopsis: A group of escaped convicts turned pirates are tricked into attacking a planet they believe defenceless by a man who claims the inhabitants are ‘midgets’ neglecting to mention that they are only midgets compared to him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #14 published October 1972
as Les raiders des étoiles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Annual #1974 published January 1973
as The Star Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]cut to three pages
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Star Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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