Tales to Astonish #30

(April 1962)

The Return of the Gorilla-Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

[V-586] ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]; Professor Stuyvesant

Synopsis:

The Gorilla-Man escapes and tries to get himself transformed back into a human, but instead he is blasted into space in an experimental space capsule.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (November 1971)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #230 ([circa 1980s])
• in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (November 2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Despite the end of the story in Tales to Astonish #28 seemingly indicating Gorilla-Man's mind regressing to that of a beast, in this issue Gorilla-Man's mental facility seems to be completely unimpaired.
Job number speculative on the basis of other stories in this issue.

The Remedy Oil (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Marie Severin

Inks:

Marie Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-984

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm

Synopsis:

An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.

Reprints:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956)
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (April 1957)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations.

The Thing from the Hidden Swamp (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-587

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mary Brown; "The Thing from the Hidden Swamp" (only referred to as such in title)

Synopsis:

A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (October 1971)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #18 (August 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.

The 13th Floor (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-588

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Willy Sloane; Mr. Jordan

Synopsis:

An oddly cheerful elevater operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (November 1971)
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (July 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3

Quogg! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-589

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Quogg

Synopsis:

A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (August 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.