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Issue: Tales to Astonish #52
Publication Date: February 1964
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Issues: #52 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/05/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in November 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements, and is the first issue of Tales to Astonish without text pages.
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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 In16
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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The Black Knight Strikes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #27 published October 1967
as The Black Knight Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #131 published January 1972
as The Black Knight Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Black Knight Strikes! [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 #52 [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 Black Knight Strikes! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #66 published ?
as The Black Knight Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Knight Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Look!! It's Giant-Man!
Synopsis: After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. Then he develops his lance and comes back as the Black Knight to take his revenge on Giant-Man. Giant-Man defeats him, but the Black Knight escapes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIron Man #43 published November 1971
as The Black Knight Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12 [Direct Edition] published November 1986
as Book XII: A Legend Reborn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Black Knight Strikes! [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 Black Knight Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as The Black Knight Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-553
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; The Blob
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964). Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises the Avengers (Marvel, 1963) #3 (January 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories.
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Not What They Seem!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: She should've been here by now!
Synopsis: The Wasp tells the tale of prison escapees who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus #[nn] [Olivier Coipel Cover] published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #7 published March 1967
as Not What They Seem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Not What They Seem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Not What They Seem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Not What They Seem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-521

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