Tales to Astonish #11

(September 1960)

I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp! (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)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-755

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Monstrom; John; Billy; Sara

Synopsis

A vacationing family finds a monster in a swamp. The locals drive it back into the swamp with torches, but it was only a shipwrecked alien trying to get help.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #24 (1962)
• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Fear (Yaffa / Page, 1970 ? series) #2 (1979)
• in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #18 (September 1975)
• in Frankenstein (Capitão Mistério Apresenta) (Editora Bloch, 1976 series) #8 (1977)
• in Daredevil l'homme sans peur (Editions Héritage, 1979 series) #3/4 (1979)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
• in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (first page of story not numbered, then pages of story numbered 2 to 7).

The Balloon (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-267

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Leroy; Zoop

Synopsis

A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #56 (June 1964) [page 1], #57 (July 1964) [page 2]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average monthly circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "The Balloon".

I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-759

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ralph; Anne

Synopsis

A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. He destroys the robot, but realizes that robots are harmless, and instead of cashing in he confesses his plan, and advocates the legalization of robots.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Fear (Yaffa / Page, 1970 ? series) #2 (1979)
• in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #[nn] ([1973] ?)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #20 ([Avril 1973])
• in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #21 ([September 1975])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)

Indexer Notes

This story is set in 1967. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

I Dared to Look into the Beyond! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-773

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Carl; Derek

Synopsis

A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. He believes that he has travelled to the past, demonstrating that the future does not yet exist, but in fact he saw a future in which Earth was abandoned.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (November 1970)
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (July 1975)
which is reprinted
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #125/126 (novembre 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "Journey into Nowhere!" drawn by Joe Sinnott, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

I Wore...The Mask of Drothor! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-745

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Markas; Drothor (flashback)

Synopsis

An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorcerer. He robs a mansion wearing this mask, but his face has transformed to match it.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (October 1970)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #134 ([circa 1973 - 1974])
• in Atomos (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #20 - L'empreinte de Madame Atomos (2ème partie) (3ème trimestre 1973) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
• in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #140 (24 Agosto 1976) [as "Ho indossato... la maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation]
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #167 ([circa 1978 - 1979]) [black and white]
• in Inferno (Marvel Italia, 1996 series) #4 (Giugno 1997)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?" drawn by Dick Ayers in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959). Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).