CREATOR

Name: Marvel Worldwide, Inc.  (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded  in 1939 by Martin Goodman (1908-1992) as Timely Comics. Today the corporation is owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Marvel in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo has changed several times over the years. The selected one is from the 1990s.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1959. Stopped in 1968 after 101 issues.

The series contains a mixture of horror and suspense in self-contained stories often of the more psychological and macabre kind. From #35 the series primarily contains stories featuring superheroes.

The first 11 issues were titled Tales to Astonish! (with an exclamation mark).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1959
#24 - 1961
#45 - 1963

#57 - 1964
#84 - 1966
#101 - 1968

 

 

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