Astonishing #48

(April 1956)

It Happened at Midnight! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Benulis (signed)

Inks

Bill Benulis (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-739

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A writer thinks up a story about aliens from another dimension who pull a man off the street at midnight and then the same thing happens to him, but the men identity themselves as FBI men looking for an undesirable alien.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11, #90, #198 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

Indexer Notes

Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

One of Our Ships Is Missing! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett ?

Job Number

H-781

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Trains, planes, and bicycles disappear as the Martian king seeks a gift for his son, the prince.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #46 (1967 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #83 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [Black and white], #188 ([circa 1988 - 1989]) [Black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.

Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

The Man Behind the Mask! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (sourced)

Job Number

H-814

Synopsis

A wealthy miller conducts acts of charity behind a wooden mask, but when events turn for the worse and he has nothing left to contribute, he makes one last trip. As he waits alone with no food, he is surprised to receive gifts from the people he has helped. They tell him that they saw it was him on his last visit, but he says he was wearing the mask. When he takes it out and looks at it, he is astonished to see that it now resembles his face.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11, #90, #198 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

Indexer Notes

Forte credit by Michael J. Vassallo, 2002-12-03 (Per Sandell ed.)

Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears on first page of text story.

Stan Lee listed as editor.

The Plants (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-991

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Phil's greenhouse was his pride and joy, and his plants were perfect specimens.

Genre

horror-suspense

The Thing in the Box! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (sourced)

Job Number

H-671

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

People find a small box with a mirror inside that shows them their true faces.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11, #90, #198 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

Indexer Notes

Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

There's No Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-873

Synopsis

A pirate captures a gypsy scow and a gypsy foretells that the captain's experience tomorrow will be to be stuck in a gale and arrested by the Spanish army. A day goes by uneventfully, but the next day, the prophecy comes true and the captain resolves to hunt down the Gypsy for working her magic on Thursday instead of Wednesday as she said. His Spanish jailers inform him that it is Wednesday, as the gale has pushed his ship across the international date line.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11, #90
• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #17 (November 1975)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #198 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

Indexer Notes

Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

When Ends the Dream! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike (signed)

Inks

Jay Scott Pike (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (sourced)

Job Number

H-863

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Four sailors find an island where their dreams come true.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11, #90, #198 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

Indexer Notes

Credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.