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20December 1952
$0.10

Astonishing #20

Marvel · December 1952 · on sale 1952-09-19

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Identification plate

Series
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
December 1952
Key date
1952-12-00
On-sale date
1952-09-19
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
0-cover1pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
1Mystery at Midnightcomic story7script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan
2The Final Scooptext story2letters: typeset
3The Cheap Skatecomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
4When You Die!comic story3script: Stan Lee; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos
5Just a Little Farthercomic story4pencils: Vic Carrabotta; inks: Vic Carrabotta
6Living Doll!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson

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