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Cover of Astonishing #4
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CATALOG RECORD

Astonishing #4

Marvel · Series began 1951 · June 1951

Dates

Cover date
June 1951
On sale
February 20, 1951
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bill Everett, Wayne Boringinks: Bill Everettcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Bill Everettscript: Hank Chapman

Stories

  • Screaming Tomb! · 8 pages

    Marvel Boy's lady friend Starr Ryder and her father set out on an expedition in one of Europe's catacombs. There they meet Madame La Morte, a fiend who Marvel Boy theorizes is the spirit of death herself.

  • When a Planet Dies! · 5 pages

    The Uranian water commissioner creates an artificial drought and attempts to blackmail his way to power.

  • The Man Who Vanished · 2 pages
  • The Nightmare · 4 pages

    A horror writer who uses nightmares for inspiration becomes trapped in his own dreams.

  • Walking Ghost · 6 pages

    Marvel Boy investigates the appearance of a ghost at the Frost estate.

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (2007), Marvel Boy: The Uranian (2010)

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