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Astonishing #54

Oct 1956 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
“The Old Man's Secret!”

When a woman threatens to leave a man unless he sells his island for cash, he has a vision of a woman being threatened by pirates. He defeats the pirates, and as a reward she gives him a ring and a promise to return someday as the vision fades. When he comes to he finds he still has the ring and the client the real estate broker brings in to show the island is the spitting image of the woman from his vision.

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artist Angelo Torres · inker Angelo Torres · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Bill EverettBill Everett

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letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils Bill Everett
cover inks Bill Everett

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When a woman threatens to leave a man unless he sells his island for cash, he has a vision of a woman being threatened by pirates. He defeats the pirates, and as a reward she gives him a ring and a promise to return someday as the vision fades. When he comes to he finds he still has the ring and the client the real estate broker brings in to show the island is the spitting image of the woman from his vision.

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