Astounding Stories #44

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

K. P. McGoof / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg ?

Inks

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I need one more K. P. Sarg!

Genre

humour

Characters

K. P. McGoof

Reprints

• from Fight the Enemy (Tower, 1966 series) #3 (March 1967) [black and white]

Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Astonishing Ant-Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each day a thousand tales are etched in the city!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewellers.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

"Protector" spelled wrong in title.

[Trapped by the Protecter!] Part 2 Face-to-Face With the Protector! (Table of Contents: 3)

Ant-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Protector is at 600 Harley Avenue, extorting money from a jeweler!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962) [black and white]

Afraid to Dream! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (signed)

Inks

Don Heck (signed)

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In another half-hour it will be midnight!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Harry Fiske

Synopsis

A man whose dreams come true is terrified when he dreams his own death. He isolates himself all day, but is killed by an avalanche.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962) [black and white]

The Star Raiders (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here comes the guard!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Brock; Zenogg

Synopsis

A group of escaped convicts turned pirates are tricked into attacking a planet they believe defenceless by a man who claims the inhabitants are ‘midgets’ neglecting to mention that they are only midgets compared to him.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962) [black and white]

Keywords

Quo (planet); Torgo (planet)

The Impossible Tunnel! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)

Job Number

V-629

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Robert Saunders; Omor

Synopsis

Robert Saunders wants to build a sub-oceanic tunnel from North America to Europe. He discovers a gentle underground civilization and he destroys the tunnel to protect them from the upper world.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #96 (May 1962) [black and white]

The Monster Escapes! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Job Number

V-555

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #95 (April 1962) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

The alien conveniently wrote his log in English "to study our language."

Nothing Can Save Us! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Job Number

V-615

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Capt. Rick Marshall

Synopsis

Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962) [black and white]

Dance, You Fool (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (signed)

Inks

Don Heck (signed)

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

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #34 (August 1962) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Narrated by the rooming house where the protagonist lives.

I Know the Secret of the Sea-Monster! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The first one to make the nightmarish discovery was a fisherman...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rogers

Synopsis

A sea serpent is sighted and causes panic, drawing a military response culminating in a nuclear strike. The serpent retreats beneath the surface, but a reporter that communicated with it explains that it was a harmless lost alien child. And if that's the child, how big will the parents be?

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #87 (December 1962) [black and white]

The Man on the Endless Stairway! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stairway had to end somewhere!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Carl Cragg

Synopsis

A fugitive runs up a staircase to hide from police, but when he runs back down the staircase descends into hell.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #87 (December 1962) [black and white]

The Big Wheel of Bleeker Street (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ?

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Badge of Justice (Charlton, 1955 series) #3 (August 1955) [black and white]

Better Times Ahead! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tom Hickey

Inks

Tom Hickey

Letters

?

Characters

Robert Perry; Charlie Boone

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #144 (July 1967) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #101 (October 1958) [retitled]