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Astonishing 9

Atlas Tales

PublishedApril 1951 – August 1957
Issue Numbers3 – 63
Total Issues61
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Astonishing #9 (1952) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
February 1952
 
Cover Titles
The Little Black Box!
Who Dares To Enter?
Where Is Death?
The Sceintists!
 
Cover Credits
Russ Heath pencils signed
How much is Astonishing #9 worth? View Full Market Prices

Current market pricing for Astonishing #9 shows a latest raw sale of GD sold for $120 on March 8th, 2020, a latest graded sale of CGC CGC 6.5 sold for $699.95 on March 27th, 2025.
Raw price ranges include Fair/Good $120 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 3.0 $205-$425 (3 comps); CGC 3.5 $192-$289.50 (3 comps).
Pricing data last updated May 22nd, 2026.

Stories

The Little Black Box

Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Bob Fujitani pencils attributed
Job # 9394
Pages 6
Type art

Who Dares To Enter???

Credits
Stan Lee script signed Joe Maneely pencils signed
Job # 9368
Pages 3
Type art
Notes: A selfreferential intro by Stan Lee and the first use of three questionmarks in a title by Lee. This should double the value of the book. And it has a newspaper called The Daily Globe.

Where Is Death?

Credits
Don Rico pencils signed
Job # 9220
Pages 4
Type art

Vengeance Of The Time Stream

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # 9373
Pages 2
Type text

The Luck Of Louis Nugent

Credits
Marty Elkin pencils guess
Job # 9400
Pages 5
Type art

The Scientists

Credits
Harry Lazarus pencils attributed Christopher Rule inks guess
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # 9299
Pages 5
Type art
Notes: This story is the exact same plot as the Lee/Ditko classic "Those Who Change" from AMAZING ADULT FANTASY 10 (Mar/62). There is another samely titled but different plotted story by John Forte in UNCANNY TALES 32 (June/55).

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-22 12:21:20
Last Raw Sale GD sold for $120 on March 8th, 2020
Last Graded Sale CGC CGC 6.5 sold for $699.95 on March 27th, 2025
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions, eBay

Raw Price Ranges

Fair/Good $120 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 3.0 $205-$425 (3 comps)
CGC 3.5 $192-$289.50 (3 comps)
CGC 4.5 $248.50-$384 (4 comps)
CGC 5.0 $199-$474.99 (4 comps)
CGC 5.5 $316.18 (1 comp)
CGC 6.5 $699.95 (1 comp)
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Price
Date
Source
Link
CGC 6.5
$699.95
March 27th, 2025
eBay
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GD
$120
March 8th, 2020
Heritage Auctions Auction 122010, Lot 13046
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$699.95
March 27th, 2025
eBay
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$248.50
January 5th, 2023
eBay
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$270
April 25th, 2022
MyComicShop
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$384
August 8th, 2021
Heritage Auctions Auction 122132, Lot 13127
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Issue Overview

Astonishing #9 was published in February 1952. It is part of the Astonishing series, which ran from April 1951 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Russ Heath.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "The Little Black Box." Indexed story credits include Hank Chapman and Bob Fujitani, among others.

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