CATALOG RECORD

Tales to Astonish #28

Marvel · Series began 1959 · February 1962

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Dates

Cover date: February 1962
On sale: November 9, 1961
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #28 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators

script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Steve Ditkoinks: Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, John Duffy

Stories

I Am the... Gorilla-Man · 7 pages
An inventor transfers his mind into a gorilla to commit crimes, but the gorilla controlling his body turns against him.
The Green Hat · 2 pages
A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
Midnight on Haunted Hill · 6 pages
A boy sees an alien landing, but no one believes him until the spaceship comes back. They didn't realize that a tree on a hill was really an alien being.
The Scheme! · 5 pages
An insolvent cad marries a rich widow dying of a terminal sickness for her money, but finds when she dies that the disease is contagious and he has only months to live.
The Frightening Fog · 5 pages
A mysterious fog envelops the entire world for days, terrifying everyone. It was actually created by benevolent alien peacekeepers to hide Earth from an invasion.

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Astounding Stories (1966), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Fear (1970), Creatures on the Loose (1971), Creatures on the Loose (1975), Gorilla Man (2010), Gorilla Man (2010), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)