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Astonishing #28

Marvel · Series began 1951 · December 1953

Dates

Cover date
December 1953
On sale
August 21, 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Sol Brodsky, Mort Lawrence, Louis Ravielli, Al Eadeh, Don Perlin, Robert Q. Saleinks: Sol Brodsky, Mort Lawrence, Louis Ravielli, Al Eadeh, Don Perlin, Robert Q. Salecolors: Stan Goldberg

Stories

  • Age Before Beauty · 5 pages

    A 45 year old man lands on a planet and marries a woman who is 21. She asks if this bothers him and he thinks "Heck, no!" but she knows that she doesn't have many years left as an adult, because on this planet, people age backwards.

  • Strange Visitor · 1.67 pages
  • No Evidence! · 4 pages

    A communist spy who steals state secrets by swallowing them and then getting his stomach pumped swallows a concentrated atomic energy capsule which burns a gaping hole through his belly.

  • The End of the World! · 5 pages

    An alien pacifist attempts to disguise himself as an earthling and warn the president of impending alien attack, but fails.

  • Death Where is thy Sting · 4 pages

    When a bum kills a friend to the bees for a few bucks, the bees entomb his body in a gigantic hive.

  • The Hidden Planet! · 5 pages

    An alien arrives in a golden spaceship and claims his entire planet is "golden". When a thief attempts to hijack the spaceship to hitch a ride back to the alien's world, the alien reveals that he comes from the sun.

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