Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis hardcover collects the earliest issues of Tales to Astonish from the pre-superhero Atlas era, reprinting stories originally published in 1959. The volume showcases Marvel's transition from 1950s monster and sci-fi tales, featuring early work by artists like Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby before the company's superhero renaissance. It includes the debut of Ant-Man in issue #27, marking a pivotal shift toward the Marvel Age of comics.
In "We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!," the mysterious Thing from Bald Mountain—last seen in a previous tale—awakens and sets its sights on global domination, journeying to America with an ominous purpose. Hidden within a building that doubles as a rocket, it prepares for a journey into space, setting the stage for an otherworldly mystery. Steve Ditko handles both art and inks, with Wesley Wong adding color, while the cover by Jack Kirby (pencils) and Steve Ditko (inks) captures the story’s eerie, cosmic tone.
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The Thing from Bald Mountain rises up from where it fell in the last story and decides to go to America so that it can conquer the world. When it arrives it hides in a building that is actually a rocket that is shot into space.
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