Astonishing #54

(October 1956)

The Old Man's Secret! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Giunta (signed as JG)

Inks

John Giunta (signed as JG)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K263

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A man crosses the mountains of Tibet in order to gain the secret of immortality. He meets a young man and an old man and convinces the young man to let him take the old man back to civilization with him in order to analyze his body chemistry. When he gets back, his friend, whom has met the couple before, tells him that he brought back the wrong man. He brought back the immortal man's son.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14 (1963 ?), #141 ([circa 1973 - 1974])
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #16 (April 1975)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #S [3] ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #228 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Indexer Notes

John Giunta credit changed based on information from www.atlastales.com. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010].
Sid Greene credit changed back to John Giunta based on signature [JG, not SG] and style [Giunta's not Greene's. [Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. 11/19/2014]

Credit information from www.atlastales.com.

Nightmare at Noon! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Angelo Torres (signed)

Inks

Angelo Torres (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen (sourced)

Job Number

K223

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

When a woman threatens to leave a man unless he sells his island for cash, he has a vision of a woman being threatened by pirates. He defeats the pirates, and as a reward she gives him a ring and a promise to return someday as the vision fades. When he comes to he finds he still has the ring and the client the real estate broker brings in to show the island is the spitting image of the woman from his vision.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14 (1963 ?), #141 ([circa 1973 - 1974])
• in Worlds Unknown (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (May 1973)
• in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (4ème trimestre 1974) [N&B/B&W]
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #S [3] ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #228 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Indexer Notes

Previously indexer changed credit to Frazetta based on art style. However Torres, who was an admirer of Frazetta, stated to David Spurlock "No, Frank never helped me with any of my Atlas stories or any other stories. I never worked with Frank on anything of his or he on anything of mine."

Man with Wings! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-208

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Leonardo Da Vinci has nightmares about being able to fly.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14 (1963 ?), #141 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #S [3] ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #228 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Indexer Notes

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

No Trespassing! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hy Fleishman

Inks

Hy Fleishman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K211

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

When a rich man finds a beam of light shining on his property with healing properties, he fences it off and charges five thousand dollars for access. The beam turns out to be an alien weapon test and, when increased to full power, wipes out the man's estate reducing him to poverty.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14

Indexer Notes

Credit information from www.atlastales.com.

Discovery (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Marie Severin

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-479

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee

Synopsis

A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #4
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #91
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #10
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #67 (February 1959), #86 (July 1961)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #105 (February 1963)
• in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #42 (June 1963)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31 (1964 ?)
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #225 ([circa 1984 - 1985]), #236 ([circa 1986 - 1987])

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Joe Maneely credit changed based on information from www.atlastales.com. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]

The World of Flame! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Chuck Miller (signed)

Inks

Chuck Miller (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K231

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A giant wave tosses a ship up to the sun.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #26 (September 1974)
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #187 (30 Giugno 1977)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #181 ([circa 1978 - 1979])
• in Miss Marvel (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1980)

When the Walls Close In! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K222

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An escaped war criminal feels claustrophobia until his guilt makes him confess.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14 (1963 ?), #141 ([circa 1973 - 1974])
• in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 (April 1975)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #S [3] ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #228 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Indexer Notes

Credit information from www.atlastales.com.