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Series Title: Tales to Astonish
| Year Began: | 1959 |
| Year Ended: | 1968 |
| Country: | United States |
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| Description: | Launched as an SF anthology series along with Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) and Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) to expand and revamp Marvel's SF line (along with the revived Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) and two pre-existing titles) following Jack Kirby's return to the company. Almost all new stories were narrated in the first person to issue #17 (March 1961). Tales to Astonish included an Ant-Man/Giant-Man feature in issues #35–69 (starring a character introduced in issue #27), a Wasp feature in issues #51–58, a Hulk feature from issue #60 (October 1964) and a Sub-Mariner feature from issue #70 (August 1966). Tales to Astonish introduced Hank Pym (Ant-Man/Giant Man), the Wasp and important Hulk villains such as the Leader and the Abomination. It is well known that Stan Lee (sometimes assisted by Larry Lieber, or Lieber on his own) wrote the overwhelming majority of these early monster stories. Where there is no positive confirmation, credits may be listed as "Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?", or either person individually, or simply "?", according to the indexer's best information. |
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Tales to Astonish Issues With Artwork Assigned
| Cover | Issue # | Published Date | # Pages Assigned |
| 13 | November 1960 | 2 pages | |
| 29 | March 1962 | 1 page | |
| 39 | January 1963 | 1 page | |
| 40 | February 1963 | 1 page | |
| 44 | June 1963 | 1 page | |
| 52 | February 1964 | 1 page | |
| 53 | March 1964 | 1 page | |
| 55 | May 1964 | 1 page | |
| 59 | September 1964 | 2 pages | |
| 60 | October 1964 | 2 pages | |
| 61 | November 1964 | 1 page | |
| 62 | December 1964 | 1 page | |
| 63 | January 1965 | 3 pages | |
| 64 | February 1965 | 1 page | |
| 65 | March 1965 | 1 page | |
| 66 | April 1965 | 1 page | |
| 67 | May 1965 | 1 page | |
| 77 | March 1966 | 1 page | |
| 78 | April 1966 | 1 page | |
| 79 | May 1966 | 3 pages | |
| 84 | October 1966 | 2 pages | |
| 85 | November 1966 | 1 page | |
| 87 | January 1967 | 3 pages | |
| 89 | March 1967 | 1 page | |
| 90 | April 1967 | 2 pages | |
| 91 | May 1967 | 1 page | |
| 93 | July 1967 | 1 page | |
| 98 | December 1967 | 1 page | |
| 101 | March 1968 | 1 page |
Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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