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CATALOG RECORD

Astonishing #47

Marvel · Series began 1951 · March 1956

Dates

Cover date
March 1956
On sale
November 18, 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bill Everett, Joe Orlando, Larry Woromay, Ed Winiarski, Bernie Krigsteininks: Bill Everett, Joe Orlando, Larry Woromay, Ed Winiarski, Bernie Krigsteincolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Bill Everett, Ray Holloway, Sam Rosenscript: Carl Wessler

Stories

  • Spaceship in My Barn · 5 pages

    A reporter is frustrated to meet alien visitors and fail to acquire pictures or evidence of any kind for their landing on Earth.

  • The Message · 1.75 pages

    An unhappy foundry worker finds a message from a prisoner and rushes to help, finding that the message was merely a test of courage, and that his actions have gained him his dream job.

  • The Man Who Looked for Death! · 5 pages

    A reporter seeks out a historical novelist who turns out to be immortal.

  • The Fat Man! · 4 pages

    A human-looking visitor from Saturn must eat enough to weigh 250 lbs otherwise he will float upwards in Earth's lighter gravity.

  • Eve of Halloween! · 4 pages

    A witch and her daughter go out riding on Halloween.

  • The Hypnotist! · 5 pages

    A boxer becomes champ under hypnosis.

Reprinted in

Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Tomb of Darkness (1974), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Messages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein (2013)

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