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Issue: Tales to Astonish #50
Publication Date: December 1963
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Issues: #50 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/03/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in September 1963. 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 In15
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Unbeatable Human Top!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #25 published September 1967
as The Unbeatable Human Top! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAstounding Stories #29 published January 1968
as The Unbeatable Human Top! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAstounding Stories #93 published January 1973
as The Unbeatable Human Top! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Unbeatable Human Top! [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 to Astonish #50 [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 The Unbeatable Human Top! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sam
First Line: Let's face it!
Synopsis: Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. The Top evades Giant-Man, and he must train to out-maneuver him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as The Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Mystery Trip

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
First Line: There was much excitement in the Pidgeon household the week that Uncle Pete was...
Synopsis: Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on Earth instead of floating.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #46 published August 1956
was Mystery Trip [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [K-266]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Secret of Sagattus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Quoquo; John
First Line: Everyone knew there was a bond between the king and the hunchback...
Synopsis: A wise king listens only to the advice of a hunchback, causing the jealous nobles to murder the hunchback. They discover that the hunchback was the real ruler, and the king is only a manniquin.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #63 published September 1973
as Il segreto di Sagattus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "L'arma segreta", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #151 published January 1982
as The Secret of Sagattus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #202 published January 1984
as The Secret of Sagattus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Secret of Sagattus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-481
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No Ending!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rodrigo Cadiz
First Line: Run! Run! Run or die!
Synopsis: A dictator is tormented by dreams of running on a treadmill suspended high in the sky.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #70 published December 1973
as Senza fine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Senza fine!", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as No Ending! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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