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Issue: Tales to Astonish #54
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #54 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: 01/03/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in January 1964. 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 In11
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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No Place to Turn!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #33 published November 1967
as No Place to Turn [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as No Place to Turn! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Tales to Astonish #54 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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No Place to Hide!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Hank, shrink down to normal size for a while!
Synopsis: Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as No Place to Hide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as No Place to Hide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-610
Disclose Notes: El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988).
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The Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
First Line: Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.
Synopsis: A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #36 published October 1955
was The Treasure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [G-980]
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue.
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There Were Five Frightened Men...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Victor Conrad; Mr. Smythe
First Line: The painting was more than a masterpiece on canvas!
Synopsis: An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #10 published August 1967
as There Were Five Frightened Men...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as There Were Five Frightened Men...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-609
Disclose Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
This is the last non superhero comic story in Tales to Astonish.
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.88
Disclose Notes: Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #25 (April 1964) and the launch of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series). This shares the page with the statement of ownership.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.18
Disclose Notes: Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #39–51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo.
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Conquest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): King Shann; Tommy
First Line: Ah! A phone call!
Synopsis: A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus #[nn] [Olivier Coipel Cover] published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #9 published July 1967
as Conquest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Conquest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Conquest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-570

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