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Issue: Astonishing #48
Publication Date: April 1956
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Issues: #48 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: 12/19/1955
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1956, page 16, registration number B575144.
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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
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It Happened at Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #198 published January 1981
as It Happened at Midnight! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #90 published ?
as It Happened at Midnight! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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It Happened at Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A writer thinks up a story about aliens from another dimension who pull a man off the street at midnight and then the same thing happens to him, but the men identity themselves as FBI men looking for an undesirable alien.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-739
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One of Our Ships Is Missing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Trains, planes, and bicycles disappear as the Martian king seeks a gift for his son, the prince.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: H-781
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The Man Behind the Mask!

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Synopsis: A wealthy miller conducts acts of charity behind a wooden mask, but when events turn for the worse and he has nothing left to contribute, he makes one last trip. As he waits alone with no food, he is surprised to receive gifts from the people he has helped. They tell him that they saw it was him on his last visit, but he says he was wearing the mask. When he takes it out and looks at it, he is astonished to see that it now resembles his face.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-814
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Statement of Ownership

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears on first page of text story.

Stan Lee listed as editor.
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The Plants

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Phil's greenhouse was his pride and joy, and his plants were perfect specimens.
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Pages: 1.67
Job Number: H-991
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The Thing in the Box!

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: People find a small box with a mirror inside that shows them their true faces.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-671
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There's No Tomorrow

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Synopsis: A pirate captures a gypsy scow and a gypsy foretells that the captain's experience tomorrow will be to be stuck in a gale and arrested by the Spanish army. A day goes by uneventfully, but the next day, the prophecy comes true and the captain resolves to hunt down the Gypsy for working her magic on Thursday instead of Wednesday as she said. His Spanish jailers inform him that it is Wednesday, as the gale has pushed his ship across the international date line.
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In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #17 [unnamed variant] published November 1975
as There's No Tomorrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-873
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When Ends the Dream!

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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Four sailors find an island where their dreams come true.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-863

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