Tales to Astonish #34

(August 1962)

A Monster at My Window! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as KIRBY)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers (box))

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-777

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Paul Marshall is a famous writer of science-fiction tales!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Paul Marshall

Synopsis

An alien from another dimension threatens a science fiction writer, but the writer is a hostile alien from a different dimension.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #90
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #29 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Masquerade (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[G-750]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tommy used to be the fellow from Missouri...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole

Synopsis

A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #38 (October 1955)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

The Strange Fate of the Statue Maker! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-778

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Take a lonely hill... put a mysterious laboratory atop it... and you've...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Luther Benedict

Synopsis

An inventor accidentally invents a petrification device and decides to use it to turn attractive people into detailed statues. His first victim is so beautiful that he decides to release her, but accidentally petrifies himself.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #32 (1964 ?)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #70 (1967)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #77
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #30 (October 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/jack-kirby-and…

The Invaders (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never in all of recorded history did an invasion end up the way this one did!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Aliens from a dry desert world park their invasion fleet on a large expanse of the ocean thinking it to be a solid surface whereupon the ships sink like stones.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #16
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1975 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #75
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #5 (August 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #38 ([Octobre 1974])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Dance, You Fool (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)

Inks

Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am a rooming house... old, shabby and weatherworn!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Carlos Carter

Synopsis

An unsuccessful dancer overhears the old man in the room next to him saying that his old pair of dancing shoes can make anyone a great dancer. He steals the shoes from the old man, but finds that he can never stop dancing.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #44 [black and white]
• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #4 (1962)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #82
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (September 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Narrated by the rooming house where the protagonist lives.