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Series: Tales to Astonish

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Tales to Astonish
Issue: 9
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: May 1960
Volume: 1

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TALES TO ASTONISH #9
Owner: Pawwauw Comics

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Story Title: Droom! The Living Lizard! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Droom


Story Title: Return of the Genie! - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Freddy
Synopsis:The genie from last issue's Kirby story returns again when a man uncorks his muddy bottle from the swamp and discards it because he cannot see the genie inside. Since the genie has no master, he is free to do whatever he wishes and he enslaves the Earth. Growing bored, he sets his sights on the stars, but finds once he passes Earth's atmosphere, his powers fade and he winds up back in the bottle again watching the man approach. This time, the genie thinks, he knows his mistake and won't overreach, but the man turns away and leaves without uncorking the bottle.


Story Title: No Way Out - comic story
Pages:4.95
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Dr. Harris; Amy Harris
Synopsis:In the 21st century mankind finds that there is a barrier out beyond Pluto that prevents any further space travel, keeping humanity confined to the solar system like goldfish in a bowl.


Story Title: Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) - statement of ownership
Pages:0.05
Letters:typeset


Story Title: I Saw Droom the Living Lizard! - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold
Synopsis:A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables. A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. They blast it into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur.


Story Title: Time-Stream Rescue - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Harold Bevinson; Prof. Rall; Gen. George Washington (cameo)
Synopsis:A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process.


Story Title: Fangs of the Bear - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Bobby
Synopsis:A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.


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