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Issue: Astonishing #5
Publication Date: August 1951
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: 04/20/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia Publisher, frequency and Job Numbers on this issue from www.atlastales.com.

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1951, page 14, registration number B300854.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Horror in The Caves of Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Once again Marvel Boy dares to defy the most terrifying...
Reprinting
FlagColossal Comics #6 published September 1951Cropped reprint
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Astonishing #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Boy: The Uranian #3 published May 2010
as Astonishing #5 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
Colors: Goldberg credit by himself.
Caves of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Donna Lake; Orion Rex [Dr. Noiro] (Villain; Intro)
An alien scientist makes the Grand Canyon his base of operations.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Tales #15 published July 1968
as Caves of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Caves of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Serpent Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
a snake worshiper (introduction; death; villain)
A woman from an Indian snake worshiping cult follows a stolen snake to the United States and takes revenge on the zoo that has it.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Tales #16 published September 1968
as The Serpent Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Serpent Strikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Walking Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Walking Ghost [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Death from the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, horror, occult
Harry Edison
A Korean War pilot is attacked by cloudmen and transformed into one himself.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Death from the Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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Menace From the Moon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Watson; Prof. Joswell
The first human rocketship to the moon returns filled with extraterrestrial invaders.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as Menace from the Moon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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The Deadly Decision!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Matthew Grayson; Lilli (introduction); Maya; Nigot; Max; Slim; Agent Morgan
Uranian criminals try to extract atomic secrets from Dr. Grayson.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Super Action #4 [unnamed variant] published November 1977
as The Deadly Decision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden Age of Marvel #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1997
as The Deadly Decision [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Deadly Decision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Boy: The Uranian #3 published May 2010
as The Deadly Decision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
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