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48April 1956
$0.10

Astonishing #48

Marvel · April 1956 · on sale 1955-12-19

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Series
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
April 1956
Key date
1956-04-00
On-sale date
1955-12-19
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0It Happened at Midnight!cover1pencils: Carl Burgos, Bill Everett; inks: Carl Burgos, Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
1It Happened at Midnight!comic story4pencils: Bill Benulis; inks: Bill Benulis
2One of Our Ships Is Missing!comic story3script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
3The Man Behind the Mask!comic story4pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; letters: Ray Holloway
4Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
5The Plantstext story1.67letters: typeset
6The Thing in the Box!comic story4pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski; letters: Morrie Kuramoto
7There's No Tomorrowcomic story4pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
8When Ends the Dream!comic story4pencils: Jay Scott Pike; inks: Jay Scott Pike; letters: Ray Holloway

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