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Issue: Astonishing Tales #23
Publication Date: April 1974
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Issues: #23 of 36 Issues (70 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 01/22/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US and later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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To Destroy A World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): It, The Living Colossus
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Crespi lettering per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B incorrectly credits Gaspar Saladino.
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Conquerors Three!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): It, the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan; Lord Granitor (destroyed?); Fin Fang Foom; Dr. Vault; Dr. Braun; Freddy; Susan; Duffy; Grant Marshall; Dorian Delazny; Felix Simon (introduction); Diane Cummings; Magnor; Sgt. Patten; Gargoyles of Stonus Five
First Line: I'm coming after you, Granitor!
Synopsis: Dr. Vault uses his power to summon Fin Fang Foom to defeat the Colossus and take over his body. Bob O'Bryan is able to again take control of the Colossus, and he along with Fin Fang Foom (who has shaken off Dr. Vault's control) battle Lord Granitor and his minions to save the earth. O'Bryan appears to be dead when his mind enters the Colossus, and is driven to the hospital by Felix. When Lord Granitor uses his transportation device to try to escape, the Colossus destroys the device and Lord Granitor. Dr. Vault takes control of Fin Fang Foom again and O'Bryan is declared dead at the hospital.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #89 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1961
was Fin Fang Foom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]parts of four pages only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Fin Fang Foom was previously seen in Strange Tales #89. Parts of that story ("Fin Fang Foom!") are incorporated into the new material as follows: page 1 appears on page 7; page 5, panels 4-6 on page 8, panels 1-3; page 6, panels 2-4 on page 8, panels 4-6 and page 8, panel 2 on page 8, panel 7.

Fin Fang Foom was orange and could speak in his previous appearance. Now he is recolored green and is mute.

Magnor is able to call his fellow rebels from Stonus Five to aid the Colossus in battle against Granitor and his army. When the Colossus destroys the device that brought Granitor to Earth, it disintegrates him and his minions. Magnor and his fellow gargoyles plan to return to their world and finish off the rest of Granitor's army.
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Homilies, Hijinx, and Happy New year--From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel! [April 1974]; Stan Lee's Soapbox; Mighty Marvel Checklist

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Iron Fist
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee talks about since it's the start of a new year it's the perfect time to talk about the new stuff coming out. He mentions the Spider-Man Medallion Coins, a new series of hard-cover books about your favorite Marvel masterworks, FOOM, the Value Stamp project, a potential full-length feature film and how two top TV producers are making them an offer they can't refuse. Items about the New Year's Resolutions by Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog, Rich Buckler, Johnny Romita, Steve Gerber, Bob Brown, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee, they are discontinuing the ads for FOOM for a few weeks because they can't keep up with the orders and another Spider-Man code. Mighty Marvel Checklist for comics now on sale! listed with a synopsis are Spider-Man #131, Thor #222, Tomb of Dracula #19, Captain America #172, Werewolf by Night #16, Conan the Barbarian #37, Iron Man #67, Fear #21, Marvel Team-Up #20, Kull the Destroyer #13, Strange Tales #173, Astonishing Tales #23 and Worlds Unknown #6. Also includes a small promo for Iron Fist in Marvel Premiere. Appears between pages 13 and 14 of the story sequence.
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Bullpen Bonus Page: Value, Value--Who's Got the Value? [April 1974]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?; ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Article explaining some of the ideas behind the Marvel Value Stamps (and pledging to give a fuller explanation of what you get if you collect all 100). Article bragging about how Marvel's magazines are eight pages longer than most magazines and that Dracula Lives, Monsters Unleashed, Vampire Tales and Tales of the Zombie are put out six times a year with Crazy on sale seven times a year. Also, in a couple of months two more magazines will be launched. An item advertising Crazy #3 by listing some of the shows they parody and other articles (with an illustration from their "High Plains Drifter" story) and an item advertising Vampire Tales #4 (with an illustration from their "The Drifting Snow" story).
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Monster Scrapbook: The "Original" Lost World!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An article on the 1925 silent film "The Lost World" which was based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Has a panel of art depicting an Allosaurus fighting a Triceratops.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): It, the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Bob Hobart, Steve Scheibner, Steven M Scholz, K.J. Robbins, Rodney Schroeter, and Russell Lynn. Fields with two partial panels reprinted from Astonishing Tales #22.
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Aunt May--Marrying Doctor Octopus?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May; Dr. Octopus
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Promo for Amazing Spider-Man #131 using a portion of the cover.
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The Human Torch and the Magnificent Medusa--

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Fantastic Four #145 using a portion of the cover.
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Worlds Unknown #6 Promo

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Feature(s): Worlds Unknown
Character(s): Killdozer
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Worlds Unknown #6 using a portion of the cover.

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