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Issue: Tales to Astonish #51

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Publication Date: January 1964

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Issues: #51 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)

Title:

Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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

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Variants2

Tales to Astonish #51 [unnamed variant]

Tales to Astonish #51 [British]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (5 total)

Giant-Man's Showdown with the Human Top!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Can't catch him--he's too fast for me!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Showdown with the Human Top!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: This is it, Jan!

Synopsis: Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: X-501

Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1100143

Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes.

The Sorcerer

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult

Character(s): Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton

First Line: From the time he was a little boy, Tom Morton had the "wanderer's itch."

Synopsis: A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: [H-203]

Notes: Text story with illustration.

No Place to Turn!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Centaurians; Mongoids

First Line: Behold the awesome Mongoids, intergalactic warriors, as they plan their next conquest...

Synopsis: Aliens transform a spy into a human, but because they can only receive black-and-white images from Earth they leave him green and he is discovered.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-462

Somewhere Waits a Wobbow!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rack Morgan; Sam; Joe

First Line: When she's not on a case with Giant-Man, Janet Van Dyne devotes a great deal of time visiting...

Synopsis: The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-502

Notes: This is the first "Wasp Tells a Tale" feature.