Tales to Astonish #20 (1961) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Was Hunted By "X" the Thing That Lived!!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	X
1	What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! [, Part 1]	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Charles Bentley; X (introduction, origin)
2	[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 2	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Charles Bentley; X
3	[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 3	comic story	3	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Charles Bentley; X
4	[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 4	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Charles Bentley; X
5	Odd Skills	text story	2	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely	Jim Branner; Bill Toney
6	One-Way Journey!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Adam Gree

Edition	How to tell
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Collection	Year
Fear #2	1971	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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