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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
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How much is Astonishing #9 worth? View Full Market Prices

Current market pricing for Astonishing #9 shows a latest raw sale of VG/FN sold for $300 on December 1st, 2025, a latest graded sale of CGC 6.5 sold for $456 on December 14th, 2025.
Raw price ranges include Fair/Good $57.99-$69.89 (2 comps); Very Good 3.0-4.0 $170-$270 (4 comps).
Graded price ranges include CGC 6.5 $456 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated November 7th, 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 2026-11-07 08:35:03
Last Raw Sale VG/FN sold for $300 on December 1st, 2025
Last Graded Sale CGC 6.5 sold for $456 on December 14th, 2025
Sources Represented PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation), Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Fair/Good $57.99-$69.89 (2 comps)
Very Good 3.0-4.0 $170-$270 (4 comps)
Very Good/Fine 5.0 $300 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 6.5 $456 (1 comp)
View Sold Comps (10)
Grade
Price
Date
Provenance
Record
6.5
$456
December 14th, 2025
Heritage Auctions Astonishing #9 (Atlas, 1952) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. Auction 122550, Lot 15021
Sale record
VG/FN
$300
December 1st, 2025
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing #9 Atlas Comics Golden Age 1952 PCH Pre Code Horror Skeleton Cover 1952
Original listing is no longer available
VG+
$170
June 12th, 2023
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing # 9 (1952) VG+ 4.5 Golden Age Precode Horror Atlas Marvel Stan Lee 1951
Original listing is no longer available
VG
$197.50
September 1st, 2025
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing #9 Nice Pre-Code Horror Golden Age Marvel Atlas Comic 1952 VG 1952
Original listing is no longer available
VG-
$270
June 12th, 2023
PriceCharting (Heritage Auctions aggregation) Astonishing #9 (Atlas, 1952) Condition: VG-
Sale record
GD/VG
$178.50
July 1st, 2025
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing #9 Nice Pre-Code Horror Golden Age Marvel Atlas Comic 1952 GD-VG 1952
Original listing is no longer available
FR/GD
$69.89
April 11th, 2025
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing #9 Feb 1952 Atlas Marvel Comics Golden Age Pre-Code Horror 1952
Original listing is no longer available
FR
$57.99
April 25th, 2022
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) Astonishing #9 Pre-Code Horror Unrestored Golden Age Marvel Atlas Comic 1952 FR 1952
Original listing is no longer available
-
$59.03
April 11th, 2025
PriceCharting (eBay sold aggregation) ASTONISHING #9 GOOD READER CGC HEATH COVER LEE STORY RICO ART ATLAS COMICS 1952
Original listing is no longer available
RAW
$59.03
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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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