Tales to Astonish #28

Name: Tales to Astonish #28
Brand: Marvel

Feb 1962 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

“I Am the... Gorilla-Man”

In "I Am the... Gorilla-Man," a desperate man marries a wealthy widow for her fortune, only to discover her fatal illness is contagious—leaving him with mere months to live. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with moody, expressive art by Gene Colan and inks by Dick Ayers, this 1962 tale blends gothic dread and early Marvel suspense. The haunting cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers perfectly captures the story’s eerie, desperate tone.

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writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist, inker Gene Colan · inker Dick Ayers · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer John Duffy · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee

writer Larry Lieber

artist, inker Gene Colan

inker Dick Ayers

colorist Stan Goldberg

letterer John Duffy

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Dick Ayers

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An insolvent cad marries a rich widow dying of a terminal sickness for her money, but finds when she dies that the disease is contagious and he has only months to live.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).