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Series: Tales to Astonish

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Tales to Astonish
Issue: 22
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: August 1961
Volume: 1

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TALES TO ASTONISH #22
Owner: Pawwauw Comics

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Story Title: The Crawling Creature - cover
Pages:1
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature


Story Title: I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1] - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
Synopsis:A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.


Story Title: I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature


Story Title: Patent Pending - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Joe; Timothy Braun
Synopsis:A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens.


Story Title: Help! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:fantasy
Synopsis:A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.


Story Title: For Whom the Drum Beats! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Max Kole; Grimm
Synopsis:A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop.


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