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Astonishing #56

Marvel · Series began 1951 · December 1956

Dates

Cover date
December 1956
On sale
August 20, 1956
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Jack Kirby, Bob Forgione, John Forte, Dave Berg, Gene Colaninks: Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Jack Kirby, Bob Forgione, John Forte, Dave Berg, Gene Colancolors: Stan Goldbergscript: Carl Wessler

Stories

  • They Walk through Walls! · 4 pages

    A man with plans to overthrow the government is confronted by men who can walk through walls, who explain that they are a secret society committed to battling people like him. He escapes, but inadvertently puts himself back in the power of the men in pursuit.

  • Afraid to Dream! · 4 pages
  • The Last Hour · 2 pages
  • Something Waits for Me! · 4 pages
  • No Answer · 3 pages

    A man thinks he is a failure because the machine he created to contact other worlds gets no response and his boss fires him. Unknown to him, his signal was detected by a far off planet, and because of him, they redirect their atomic weapons at another target for testing.

  • The Face In the Glass! · 4 pages
  • Voodoo! · 4 pages

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Beware (1973), Spellbound (1960), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Strange Tales (1973), America's Greatest Comics (2002), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017)

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