Astonishing (1951)

Astonishing (1951)

Release Date:  9//1956
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Description:  Build Me A Machine!, art by Steve Ditko; A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war As a dictator faces defeat he forces a scientist to create a time machine so he can travel 50 years into the past with his money and h-bomb plans to conquer the world. The scientist completes the device and the dictator uses it, but it reverses the dictator's aging so he emerges 50 years in the past 50 years younger - now a helpless infant. Cover art by Bill Everett. The Hidden Valley!, art by Lou Morales; A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them. There Were 3 Victims!, art by Sid Greene; Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars. Trapped in the Tunnel!, art by John Forte; A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers. The Hunter's Prey, art by Dave Berg; Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space. . 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.