Astonishing Vol 1 53

Astonishing Vol 1 #53

September, 1956

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Bill Everett

Publisher

Marvel Comics

"The Hidden Valley!"
Pencilers Lou Morales

"There Were 3 Victims!"
Pencilers Sid Greene

"Trapped in the Tunnel!"
Pencilers John Forte

"The Hunter's Prey"
Pencilers Dave Berg

"Down in the Cellar!"
Pencilers Ted Galindo

"Build Me A Machine!"
Pencilers Steve Ditko

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Synopsis for "The Hidden Valley!"

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.

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Synopsis for "There Were 3 Victims!"

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.

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Synopsis for "Trapped in the Tunnel!"

A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers.

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Synopsis for "The Hunter's Prey"

Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space.

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Synopsis for "Down in the Cellar!"

Mermaids buy a leaky house.

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Synopsis for "Build Me A Machine!"

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. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.

Notes

• "There Were 3 Victims!" reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #14
  

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See Also

• Discuss Astonishing Vol 1 53 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Astonishing series

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Recommended Reading

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