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Series: Tales to Astonish

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Tales to Astonish
Issue: 3
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: May 1959
Volume: 1

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Tales To Astonish 3
Owner: bomber-bob

490
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8.0
CGC

TALES TO ASTONISH #3
Owner: Pawwauw Comics

334
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6.5
CGC



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Story Title: The Giant from Outer Space! - cover
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction
Characters:X


Story Title: I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Arro Goron
Synopsis:A man from 2459 spends all his money building a time machine and so he travels to Fort Knox in 1959 to steal all the gold. His time machine disappears, and when his personal force field runs out, he is imprisoned by the locals.


Story Title: The Weatherman - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:fantasy; science fiction
Characters:Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
Synopsis:In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.


Story Title: I Discovered the Men from Mars! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Dan Hadley; Igor; Ivan
Synopsis:An American spy spots a Martian ship off the coast, but it turns out to be a Soviet trick. He is lauded as a hero for stopping the Russians, but the next time a spaceship appears the Americans immediately fire, only to find that it was a real alien ship that now flees, never to make contact.


Story Title: I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space! - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Zacariah Stubbs
Synopsis:A miser in the future hides his money on a remote asteroid. He carefully maps the location of the money on the asteroid, but realizes once he returns to Earth that he cannot find the asteroid that he landed on.


Story Title: I Am the Giant from Outer Space! - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:science fiction
Characters:X
Synopsis:A space traveller many times larger than everyone else lands and carefully explores the area, accidentally causing some damage and fear. He leaves because of this, and goes home to Earth, thinking that they will need to be careful to deal with these tiny people.


Story Title: I Escaped to the Stars - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Harry Wolf
Synopsis:A burglar in the 31st century is sentenced to lifetime solitary confinement. He is taken to a spaceport, where he escapes in an automated rocket that will never return to Earth, thinking that he has evaded the sentence and might one day land on another planet. This was the plan all along, since this enlightened society leaves even the worst criminals hope.


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