Tales to Astonish  (1959)

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Tales to Astonish #1

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Series that introduced popular characters including Ant-Man and Giant-Man

Tales to Astonish #2

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #3

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #4

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #5

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #6

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #7

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #8

Marvel • 1959 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #9

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Anuxa, an alien frozen in the Antarctic waiting for humanity to destroy itself so his race can claim Earth

Tales to Astonish #10

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #10

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #11

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Monstrom, a monster who who rose from the swamp after lying dormant for a millennium

Tales to Astonish #12

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Gorgilla, a half-man/half-gorilla monster

Tales to Astonish #13

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Groot, an alien resembling a tree

Tales to Astonish #14

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #14

Marvel • 1960 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #15

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Blip, an alien composed completely of electricity

Tales to Astonish #15

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Blip, an alien composed completely of electricity

Tales to Astonish #16

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #16

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Tales to Astonish #17

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Tales to Astonish #17

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #18

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #18

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #19

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Rommbu, a representative of a technologically-advanced alien race of monsters

Tales to Astonish #19

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Rommbu, a representative of a technologically-advanced alien race of monsters

Tales to Astonish #20

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of X, a monster brought into being by a comic creator's enchanted typewriter

Tales to Astonish #20

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of X, a monster brought into being by a comic creator's enchanted typewriter

Tales to Astonish #21

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Glop, originally named the Hulk but renamed when reprinted

Tales to Astonish #21

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Glop, originally named the Hulk but renamed when reprinted

Tales to Astonish #22

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Crawling Creature

Tales to Astonish #22

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of the Crawling Creature

Tales to Astonish #23

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Moomba, a monster made of wood

Tales to Astonish #23

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Moomba, a monster made of wood

Tales to Astonish #24

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #24

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Tales to Astonish #25

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #25

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #26

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #26

Marvel • 1961 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #27

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of Hank Pym, later becomes Ant-Man, Goliath, Giant-Man and Yellowjacket

Tales to Astonish #27

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Hank Pym

Tales to Astonish #28

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #28

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Tales to Astonish #29

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #29

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Tales to Astonish #30

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #30

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #31

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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Tales to Astonish #31

Marvel • 1962 • Vol. 1
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