Tales to Astonish #17

(March 1961)

Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-55

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Ludwig Vandoom; Vandoom's Creature

Synopsis:

Vandoom, the owner of a Transylvanian wax museum, sets out to build a new monster in order to bring customers back to the museum. A lightning bolt brings the creature to life, but despite the fearful attacks of the villagers, it is not hostile and does not strike back. An invasion force of Martians lands and Vandoom convinces his creation to attack them. The wax figure defeats them, but the effort drains the life force out of it.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (January 1971)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled first chapter (6 pp), and chapter 2—"The Mark of Vandoom" (7 pp).

The Spirit (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-169

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bobby Davis; Tom Davis; Alice Davis;

Synopsis:

A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (May 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Beware! Of the Ghastly Glass! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-54

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bruno

Synopsis:

A man kills to gain possession of a magic crystal that grants him four wishes, but even his carefully worded wishes backfire, stranding him on the Moon.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (January 1971)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([no date])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the third person.

I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-37

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Mr. Smith

Synopsis:

A scientist builds an ultimate bomb and plans to use it to hold the world hostage. He hides it in a room believed haunted, but when he goes to give his ultimatum to the UN he realizes that he is now a ghost.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #199 ([no date - circa 1978])
• in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #9 (January 1971)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2