(April 1951)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- 4 Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing 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.
["Even your power, Marvel Boy, is helpless against my spell of terror!"]
Marvel Boy / cover / 1 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy; Mr. Death
- Reprints:
-
in Astonishing (Bell Features, 1951 series) #27 ([circa May 1951]) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
-
- Keywords:
- skeletons
Indexer Notes
Colors:
Stan Goldberg credits himself via his website (error report 6518)
Mister Death!
Marvel Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7908
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Mister Death [Omar Khayam Rasch]; Jane Dumont
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy battles a pseudo-Muslim confidence artist.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
-
- Keywords:
- coffins; skeletons; stereotyping of Muslims; turbans
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Runaway Planet
Marvel Boy / comic story / 4 pages
- Script:
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7910
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Matthew Grayson; Casimar; Princess Satana; Master of Satania
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy prevents an invasion of Uranus by Satania.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
- in Marvel Boy: The Uranian (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (March 2010)
-
- Keywords:
- Satania; Satanians; spacecraft; Uranians; Uranus
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Fright!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script:
- Hank Chapman ?
- Pencils:
- Bill LaCava
- Inks:
- Bill La Cava
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 7936
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Edward Earl; Dr. Bertrand; Dr. Walton
- Synopsis:
- A reporter, writing a story about a wax museum, is driven mad by spending the night there.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
-
- Keywords:
- sanitariums; serial killers; wax museums
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Bill LaCava credit from www.atlastales.com.
The Invisible Horror!
text story / 2 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 5416
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
- from Amazing Mysteries (Marvel, 1949 series) #33 (July 1949) [as "The Invisible Horror!"]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
-
Time-Bomb Terror!
Marvel Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Job Number:
- 7909
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Sherry Davis; Dyanmite Carr; Capt. Davis
- Synopsis:
- Marvel Boy investigates a gangster's connections to international communism.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
-
- Keywords:
- communism; communist agents; FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation; organized crime
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
-
0.
["Even your power, Marvel Boy, is helpless against my spell of terror!"]
Marvel Boy -
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
- Ethan Hoddes
- Henry Andrews
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr
- Per Sandell
- Matthew Head
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Walls
- Thomas G. Lammers
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