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Tales to Astonish #34

Marvel · Series began 1959 · August 1962

Dates

Cover date
August 1962
On sale
May 8, 1962
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #34 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heckinks: Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditko, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • A Monster at My Window! · 7 pages

    An alien from another dimension threatens a science fiction writer, but the writer is a hostile alien from a different dimension.

  • Masquerade · 2 pages

    A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.

  • The Strange Fate of the Statue Maker! · 6 pages

    An inventor accidentally invents a petrification device and decides to use it to turn attractive people into detailed statues. His first victim is so beautiful that he decides to release her, but accidentally petrifies himself.

  • The Invaders · 5 pages

    Aliens from a dry desert world park their invasion fleet on a large expanse of the ocean thinking it to be a solid surface whereupon the ships sink like stones.

  • Dance, You Fool · 5 pages

    An unsuccessful dancer overhears the old man in the room next to him saying that his old pair of dancing shoes can make anyone a great dancer. He steals the shoes from the old man, but finds that he can never stop dancing.

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Sinister Tales (1964), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Creepy Worlds (1962), Weird Planets (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Crypt of Shadows (1973), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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