Astonishing #53

(September 1956)

The Hidden Valley! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks:

Lou Morales (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-957

Content Information

Synopsis:

A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

There Were 3 Victims! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-994

Content Information

Synopsis:

Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #14 (February 1976)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Trapped in the Tunnel! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte (signed)

Inks:

John Forte (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-945

Content Information

Synopsis:

A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Hunter's Prey (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

K-4

Content Information

Synopsis:

Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space.

Indexer Notes

Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

The Utopia (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

K-188

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn

Synopsis:

Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #60 (June 1957) [as "The Restaurant in the Sky"]
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #52 (May 1959)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #82 (March 1961)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #68 (May 1961)
• in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #46 (October 1963)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1951 series) #68 (May 1961)

Down in the Cellar! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ted Galindo (signed)

Inks:

Ted Galindo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-938

Content Information

Synopsis:

Mermaids buy a leaky house.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Build Me A Machine! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-911

Content Information

Synopsis:

A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.