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Issue: Tales to Astonish #2

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Publication Date: January 1980

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Issues: #2 of 14 Issues (35 Printings)

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Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 10/16/1979

Volume: 2

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.40 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: On sale date from The Comic Reader #173. Barcode crossed out with a diagonal line.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Tales to Astonish #2 [Newsstand]

Tales to Astonish #2 [Direct]

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Content Items (7 total)

Cry ... Triton!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner; Triton

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Pages: 1

Cry ... Triton!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Namor the Sub-Mariner; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; The Thing; Invisible Girl](flashback); Plant Man; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Karnak; Gorgon; Triton]; Lady Dorma

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Pages: 18

Notes: Story is cut by two pages. Original page 7 has panels 3-5 removed. Original page 8 has first panel removed. Original page 14 has panels 2 and 4 removed. Original page 15 has panels 1 and 2 removed.

Mighty Marvel's Big Money-Saving Holiday Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 1

Notes: House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page). Appears after page 8 of the main story.

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Genres: superhero

First Line: He strikes from outer space...

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Pages: 1

Notes: House Advertisement for: ROM SPACEKNIGHT series. Appears before page 13 of the main story.

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 1

Notes: "EPIC ILLUSTRATED"; "The Mighty Marvel Checklist" (34 titles on sale this month); various news items.

The Icemaster Cometh

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch; Icemaster

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Pages: 1

Notes: Candy ad by the Baking Company using a one-page comic with Marvel heroes.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 13

Notes: Total of 11 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Crosman (air gun, Crosman), Hubba Bubba (chewing gum, Wm. Wrigley), Stars on your T-shirts (candy, Whoppers), ROM (game, Parker Brothers), Bubble Yum (chewing gum, Wm. Wrigley), Star Wars (action figures, Kenner, 2 pages), Elastic Super Heroes (toys, Mego), Shop By Mail (miscellaneous ads, 2 pages), $5,000 Super Stakes (contest, SW), Super Heroes Cars (toys, Corgi), LEGO Expert Builder Series (toys, LEGO).