Tales to Astonish #9

(May 1960)

Return of the Genie! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

T-637

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Freddy

Synopsis:

The genie from last issue's Kirby story returns again when a man uncorks his muddy bottle from the swamp and discards it because he cannot see the genie inside. Since the genie has no master, he is free to do whatever he wishes and he enslaves the Earth. Growing bored, he sets his sights on the stars, but finds once he passes Earth's atmosphere, his powers fade and he winds up back in the bottle again watching the man approach. This time, the genie thinks, he knows his mistake and won't overreach, but the man turns away and leaves without uncorking the bottle.

Reprints:

• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (June 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from last issue. Ayers credit per Nick Caputo and Michael J. Vassallo, who notes that the Atlas Era Tales To Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #1 credit for Chris Rule was an error.

No Way Out (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4.95 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-623

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dr. Harris; Amy Harris

Synopsis:

In the 21st century mankind finds that there is a barrier out beyond Pluto that prevents any further space travel, keeping humanity confined to the solar system like goldfish in a bowl.

Reprints:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #34 (March 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.05 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "No Way Out".

I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-634

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold

Synopsis:

A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables. A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. They blast it into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur.

Reprints:

• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967)
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #28 (May 1974)
• in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)

Indexer Notes

A revised version of Droom appears next in Fantastic Four / Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).

Time-Stream Rescue (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

9685

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Harold Bevinson; Prof. Rall; Gen. George Washington (cameo)

Synopsis:

A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process.

Reprints:

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #10 (March 1952)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Fangs of the Bear (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Doug Wildey

Inks:

Doug Wildey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-635

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bobby

Synopsis:

A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.

Reprints:

• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (October 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)