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Cover: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers

Tales to Astonish #12

Oct 1960 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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“I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!”

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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artist, inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

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artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Dick Ayers

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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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