Astonishing
#24
(April 1953)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Pencils/inks: Credits from www.atlastales.com.
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
Accidents Will Happen!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-87
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A sudden scream... A thudding impact, and the man who was mounting the steps of the post office lay dead...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man discovers that inanimate objects think and hate humans so he is crushed by a stone that falls from the post office roof when he attempts to mail a letter describing his findings.
Poor Wilbur!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
- Pencils
- John Romita (signed as John Romita)
- Inks
- John Romita (signed as John Romita)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-16
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What happened to the poor fellow?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An inventor who always has problems with his creations develops a robot that seems to be flawless at first, but then it gets into its head the notion that it is superior to humans, and he and his compatriots enslave humanity.
The Scoop
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- C-203
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now get this, Jed, and get it straight!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
spot illustration
You're Next
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- C-92
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're Al Helfer... triggerman for the big mob...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Al Helfer
- Synopsis
- A mob hitman thinks that the sign on the wall stating D.D.S. stands for dentist, but it really stands for Devil's Delivery Service.
Indexer Notes
Credits and Job Number supplied by www.atlastales.com.
The Pink Elephant!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- C-7
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get outta my way...(hic)... you crum-bum!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Joe Diamond
- Synopsis
- A mean drunk gets trampled by a pink elephant.
Indexer Notes
Al Carreno ? from www.atlastales.com. Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. doubts the Carreno pencil credit but has no suggestion for an alternative. He is positive that Carreno is not the inker.
The Stone Face
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
- Pencils
- Harry Anderson
- Inks
- Harry Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-38
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I can catch Zubotski, it''ll help to smash the whole red spy system in America!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; spy
- Characters
- Harry Jones; Boris Zubotski
- Synopsis
- The statue of liberty smashes a boatload of communist spies when they attempt to abscond with atomic weapon secrets.
Indexer Notes
Credits supplied by www.atlastales.com.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Accidents Will Happen!
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2.
Throw Away That Truss!
Brooks Appliance Co. -
3.
Poor Wilbur!
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4.
The Scoop
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5.
You're Next
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6.
The Pink Elephant!
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7.
The Stone Face
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8.
I Killed That Cop!
The Dollar Mystery Guild
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Walls
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