Tales to Astonish #12
In *Tales to Astonish* #12, a lone astronaut's routine mission takes a terrifying turn when he spots a monstrous creature clawing at his tiny orbital capsule—only to be dismissed as a hallucination by ground control. But when a broken claw is found on the spacecraft, the truth behind the terror from the void begins to surface. Steve Ditko’s eerie art and Stan Goldberg’s bold colors bring this early Marvel sci-fi mystery to life, while Jack Kirby’s cover captures the chilling moment of isolation and dread.
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An astronaut is sent into orbit in a tiny sphere without communication. He sees a monster trying to claw its way in and panics, signalling ground control to bring him back. They think that it was a hallucination, but they find a broken claw on the spacecraft.
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