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Publishers / Marvel / Astonishing (1951) / #21
21January 1953
$0.10

Astonishing #21

Marvel · January 1953 · on sale October 20, 1952

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Identification plate

Series
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
January 1953
Key date
January 1953
On-sale date
October 20, 1952
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Step In and Meet The Manhunter!cover1pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Different Vampirecomic story5pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Ernie Bache; letters: Dick Ayers
2Horror Hilltext story2letters: typeset
3The Worm That Turnedcomic story5pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
4The Manhunter!comic story4pencils: Vic Carrabotta; inks: Vic Carrabotta
5The Man Who Went To Far!comic story5script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Bill Benulis; inks: Jack Abel
6Gorilla!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Robert Q. Sale

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