Tales to Astonish #1 (1979) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Sol Brodsky; editing: Stan Lee	Namor the Sub-Mariner; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Emperor Thakorr; Princess Fen; Prince Byrrah
1	Years of Glory -- Day of Doom!	comic story	17	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Destiny; Emperor Thakorr; Princess Fen; Mr. Blake; Captain Leonard McKenzie; Joe; Slug; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Giganto
2	Marvel Subscription Form	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 16.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Direct	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Collection	Year
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-6382-4	2012	On eBay ›

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