Tales to Astonish #25

(November 1961)

I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-351

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Joe Hanson; Clara Hanson; Creature from Krogarr

Synopsis:

A dissolute human is targeted by an alien that can transport items through television sets, but he is saved by his failure to pay the electric bill.

Reprints:

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (September 1971)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #17 (August 1976)
• in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Party (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-959

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mr. Braggle

Synopsis:

A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.

Reprints:

• from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Behold Him! He Is the Martian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-352

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

"Danny Blake"; Agent X

Synopsis:

A spy from Jupiter disguised as a human stows away on the first rocket from Earth to Mars. The pilot is a Martian spy disguised as Earthman Dan Blake whose mission is to radio back to Earth that a radiation belt with fatal effects makes attempting to reach Mars too dangerous so Earthmen will give up their attempts to reach Mars. The spy from Jupiter overcomes the Martian and radios Jupiter that travel to Mars is safe, and then radios the Martian's story back to Earth so as to discourage Earthlings from space flight.

Reprints:

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (April 1976)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.
Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #3.

The Gypsy's Revenge! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-353

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Monk Morgan

Synopsis:

An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.

Reprints:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Where Lurks the Ghost! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-354

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe; Mike

Synopsis:

A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.

Reprints:

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #17 ([Janvier 1973]) [as "Ou se cache le fantome ?", French translation]
• in El Hombre de Bronce (Ediciones Vértice, 1975 series) #3 (Julio 1975) [as "El Fantasma esta al Acecho", Spanish translation]
• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #23 (July 1976)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)