Tales to Astonish
#15
[British]
(January 1961)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15.
The Blip!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as
KIRBY) - Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Blip
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #129 -
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #42 (1963) -
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)
- in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
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I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
comic story / 7 pages
- 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-943
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The electricity--it's coming from the cave!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Blip
- Synopsis
- A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. It claims to be a friendly visitor, but humans attack it and it flees into space.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #42 (1963)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971) which is reprinted
-
in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #2 - in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974)
- in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
- 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)
- in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Free Ride
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- K-91
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The first week that Chuck worked for the Palace Amusement Park was pretty wonderful.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Chuck; Gus Farrell; Capt. Zingle
- Synopsis
- A teenager working at an amusement park to help support his family is kind to a mysterious boy, and finds himself rewarded with a real trip to outer space.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #63 (June 1958) which is reprinted
- from World of Suspense (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (August 1956) [retitled]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- T-952
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Africa! Land of mystery--of undreamed-of secrets!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg
- Synopsis
- A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #27 (1964 ?)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971) which is reprinted
- in Aventure dans la Jungle (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #5 (Juin 1973)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #[nn] ([1973] ?) - in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #159 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
-
in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25 (Januar 1976) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #192 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Africa
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Am the Invisible!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-951
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes I, and I alone, am... the invisible!!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Prof. Karlos Konak; Zuka
- Synopsis
- A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. She implores him not to try it, but relinquishes the lens. They can be reversed to make the invisible visible once again, but what the man did not expect is that when he becomes invisible to the outside world, the outside world in turn becomes invisible to him.
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #11
- in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970)
-
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #38 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #165 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #199 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- 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
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed as
Paul Reinman) - Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- T-933
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've been in and out of trouble all my life!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #53
- in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #23
- in Le Monstre de Frankenstein (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #2
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #11
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971) which is reprinted
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #61 (Juin 1976)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #165 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #199 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #191 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Blip!
-
1.
I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
-
2.
The Free Ride
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3.
I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
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4.
I Am the Invisible!
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5.
I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!
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- Steve Coates
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