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Tales to Astonish 12

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Tales to Astonish #12 (1960) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
October 1960
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Zenith Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Titles
Gorgilla!
 
Starring
Gorgilla starring
 
Cover Credits
Jack Kirby pencils signed
Dick Ayers inks signed

Issue Overview

Tales to Astonish #12 was published by Zenith Publishing Corp. in October 1960. It is part of the Tales to Astonish series, which ran from January 1959 to August 1962.

Cover credits include Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. This issue features Gorgilla.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!." Indexed story credits include Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl 9
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales 21
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces 4
Reprinted In: Fear 4
Notes: This plot is virtually *identical* to B-571 "The Man Who Walked on Water" (5 pp.) in Adventures Into Weird Worlds 14 (Jan 1953).
Reprinted In: Fear 3
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills 24
Reprinted In: Fear 3

Looking for the full run? Browse the Tales to Astonish checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.