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Issue: Astonishing #47
Publication Date: March 1956
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Issues: #47 of 61 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: 11/18/1955
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1955, page 187, registration number B567916.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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There's a Spaceship in My Barn!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #183 published January 1979
as Space Ship in My Barn! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credit information from www.atlastales.com. Colors credit per Stan Goldberg.
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Spaceship in My Barn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A reporter is frustrated to meet alien visitors and fail to acquire pictures or evidence of any kind for their landing on Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #23 [unnamed variant] published November 1976
as Spaceship in My Barn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-657
Disclose Notes: Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.
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The Message

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Benson; J.B. White
Synopsis: An unhappy foundry worker finds a message from a prisoner and rushes to help, finding that the message was merely a test of courage, and that his actions have gained him his dream job.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Suspense #7 published April 1957
as The Prisoner [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Prisoner"
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #125 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1964
as The Message [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-729
Disclose Notes: Last page split with advertisement.
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The Man Who Looked for Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A reporter seeks out a historical novelist who turns out to be immortal.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-599
Disclose Notes: Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com. It's possible that this might even be "signed" as the name on the Editor's door in the splash panel is "Joe O...".
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The Fat Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A human-looking visitor from Saturn must eat enough to weigh 250 lbs otherwise he will float upwards in Earth's lighter gravity.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-562
Disclose Notes: Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.
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Eve of Halloween!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A witch and her daughter go out riding on Halloween.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #18 [unnamed variant] published January 1976
as Eve of Halloween! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-624
Disclose Notes: Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.
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The Hypnotist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A boxer becomes champ under hypnosis.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #19 published December 1976
as The Hypnotist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMessages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] published April 2013
as The Hypnotist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-619
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014. Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

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