Tales to Astonish #19
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Tales to Astonish #19, a mobster’s superstitious fear takes a bizarre turn when he buys a pincushion doll meant to represent his rival—only to become convinced the doll truly suffers his pain. When he hurls it from a skyscraper, the twist of fate reveals a chilling deception: the doll was never meant to be a target, but a trap. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Don Heck and coloring by Stan Goldberg, this eerie 1961 tale blends crime and the uncanny, all wrapped in Jack Kirby’s dynamic cover art and Dick Ayers’ sharp inks.
In "Rommbu!", a fugitive geologist named Rommbu finds himself caught between a desperate escape and an alien threat when he leads the extraterrestrial Rommbu to an active volcano, hoping to use the planet’s fiery heart to stop the invader. With his past as a convict and his knowledge of geology, Rommbu must outthink a being far beyond human understanding, while two hunters—Pete and John Hunter—watch from the shadows, unsure who to trust.
In "Rommbu! Part Two," a fugitive geologist named Pete Hunter finds himself caught between a deadly alien invader and the fiery heart of an active volcano, where he must make a desperate stand to protect the planet. With his brother John Hunter and the enigmatic Rommbu entangled in the chaos, the fate of Earth hangs in the balance as ancient forces and human courage collide.
Vince Kane, a man already on edge, becomes obsessed with a pincushion doll that bears the likeness of his rival, Al Rocco. As pins are driven into the doll, his unease grows—until he hurls it from a high window, only to realize too late that the doll now looks like him.
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Reprinted in Mystic #24 (1962), Spellbound #24 (1962), Mystic #57 (1965), Mundo de Sombras #66 (1966), Where Monsters Dwell #7 (1971), Planet of the Apes #109 (1976), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #2 (2008), Monsters Unleashed Prelude #[nn] (2017), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby #1 (2017), The A-Z of Marvel Monsters #[nn] (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1 (2019), Misterios del Gato Negro #150, Voodoo #3
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