Tales to Astonish #13 for Sale - First Appearance of Groot - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: November 1960
Key date: 1960-11-00
On-sale date: 1960-06-27
Indicia publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Groot - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Carl Hanson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Abominable Snowman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Abominable Snowman, Carl Hanson, Groot.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Groot First
1	I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Groot First
2	Special Sale	text story	2	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely	Marvin Kale; Paula Kale
3	I Found the Abominable Snowman!	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Abominable Snowman First, Carl Hanson First
4	My Friend Is... Not Quite Human!	comic story	5	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Napoleon Bonaparte
5	I Found the Hidden World!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Joey; Frankie

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Chamber of Darkness #7	1970	On eBay ›
Tower of Shadows #8	1970	On eBay ›
Where Monsters Dwell #6	1970	On eBay ›
Weird Wonder Tales #19	1976	On eBay ›
Tomb of Darkness #19	1976	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-2913-4	2008	On eBay ›
Monster Masterworks #[nn] ISBN 0-87135-592-2	1989	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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