(April 1951)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
ASTONISHING is published by 20TH CENTURY COMIC CORP. Office of publication: 350 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for second-class matter pending at the post office at New York, N. Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Canton, Ohio. Published bi-monthly. Copyright 1950 by 20TH CENTURY COMIC CORP., 350 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Vol. 1 No. 3 APRIL 1951 issue. Price 10c per copy. Subscription rate $1.00 for 12 issues. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- from Amazing Mysteries (Marvel, 1949 series) #33 (July 1949) [as "The Invisible Horror!"]
[none]
Marvel Boy / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy; Mr. Death
- Reprints:
- in Astonishing (Superior Publishers Limited, 1951 series) #27 ([circa 1951]) [cover]
- in Astonishing (Bell Features, 1951 series) #27 ([circa 1951]) [cover]
Makes Any Auto Repair Job Your "Meat"!
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Ad for MoToR's automobile repair manual
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Mister Death!
Marvel Boy / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Everett
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7908
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy; Mr. Death; Jane Dumont
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy battles a Islamic condifence artist
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Inside Story of Professional Wrestling!
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Homecrafts' book "The Wrestling Scene"
The Runaway Planet
Marvel Boy / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Everett
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7910
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy; Princess Satana; Dr. Grayson; Casimar; Master of Satana
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy prevents an invasion of Uranus by Satana.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Boy: The Uranian (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (March 2010)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Fright!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Hank Chapman ?
- Pencils:
- Bill LaCava ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 7936
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A reporter, writing a story about a wax museum, if driven mad by spending the night there.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Bill LaCava credit from www.atlastales.com.
How "Mini-Gym" turns plant "Drip" into Success Dynamo
advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- a comic strip ad for Mini-Gym Corporation's Mini-Gym
New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Hollywood Film Studios' photographic enlargements
Indexer Notes
Between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 7
Learn to Dance in 5 Days or Pay Nothing!
advertisement / 0.5 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Pioneer Publications Inc.'s dance lessons
Indexer Notes
upper half of page
Limited Time Only
advertisement / 0.25 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for N&S Sales cigarette lighters
Indexer Notes
lower left side of page
[none]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.125 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- a house ad for Man Comics, Apache Kid, and Black Rider
Ugly Blackhead out in Seconds
advertisement / 0.125 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Ballco Products' Yacutex blackhead remover
Time-Bomb Terror!
Marvel Boy / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Everett
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7909
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy; Sherry Davis; Dyanmite Carr
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy investigates a gangster's connections to international communism
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Hi-Yo! Kids!
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Fun Industries' Lone Ranger's "Silver Bullet" pen set with cowboy belt
Men!
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Ward Green Co.'s Commander, a men's girdle
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
Reduce Keep Slim at Home
advertisement / 1 page
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- an ad for Spot Reducer Co.'s electric Spot Reducer vibrating massager
Indexer Notes
back cover
Table of Contents
-
1.
Makes Any Auto Repair Job Your "Meat"!
-
2.
Mister Death!
Marvel Boy -
3.
The Inside Story of Professional Wrestling!
-
4.
The Runaway Planet
Marvel Boy -
5.
Fright!
-
6.
How "Mini-Gym" turns plant "Drip" into Success Dynamo
-
7.
The Invisible Horror!
-
8.
New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame
-
9.
Learn to Dance in 5 Days or Pay Nothing!
-
10.
Limited Time Only
-
11.
[none]
-
12.
Ugly Blackhead out in Seconds
-
13.
Time-Bomb Terror!
Marvel Boy -
14.
[none]
-
15.
Fun for All!
-
16.
Hi-Yo! Kids!
-
17.
Men!
-
18.
Reduce Keep Slim at Home
- Steve Jenner
- Henry Andrews
- Tony R. Rose
- Mike Nielsen
- Ethan Hoddes
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Walls
- Thomas G. Lammers
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