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Issue: Astonishing #57
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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They Lurk in the Cave!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Bill Everett (signed)
Bill Everett (signed)
Stan Goldberg
typeset
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as They Lurk in the Cave! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #178 published January 1978
as They Lurk in the Cave! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Coloring credit confirmed by Goldberg.
Inside the Furnace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Robert Q. Sale (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
A man goes back in time and robs himself.
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as Inside the Furnace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrypt of Shadows #17 published May 1975
as Inside the Furnace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K678
Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
The Black Boxes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ayers
Dick Ayers
?
Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
fantasy
In the year 1958, when ICBMs become a reality, mysterious black boxes appear in the sky which render them ineffectual.
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as The Black Boxes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K877
The Unknown Ones!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Al Williamson (signed)
Al Williamson (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
A lovesick space explorer finds another love in a Martian princess who gives up her claim to the throne to be with him.
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as The Unknown Ones! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAl Williamson: Hidden Lands #[nn] published October 2004
as The Unknown Ones [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-824
Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
They Lurk in the Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Werner Roth
Werner Roth
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
A man thinks himself a failure until he helps a galactic policeman foil a criminal plot.
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as They Lurk in the Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrypt of Shadows #17 published May 1975
as They Lurk in the Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K774
Loony House

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gene Colan ?
Gene Colan ?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Doyle Fairless; Sandy Clark
A man is thought mad for designing underground homes, until everyone moves underground and surface-dwellers are thought mad.
Reprinting
FlagMystery Tales #34 published October 1955
was Underground [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Loony House"
 
Miscellaneous
2
G-894
Text story with illustrations.
He Can't Lose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
In the year 2145 the Communists and western nations compete in Olympic games in order to determine economic spoils as nuclear war would be too devastating. The Communists cheat and use a robot, but are discovered and disqualified.
Reprinting
FlagSecrets of the Unknown #144 published January 1974
as He Can't Lose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
K921
The Strange Power of Mr. Dunn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Romita
John Romita
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
A man develops a cell growth formula to help out his carnival-owner friend as an attraction.
Reprinting
FlagTomb of Darkness #14 published May 1975
as The Strange Power of Mr. Dunn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagUncanny Tales #23 published ?
as The Strange Power of Mr. Dunn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K751

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