Tales to Astonish 1959 #19 - 3.0 - $50.00

• First app: Rommbu

An escaped geologist convicted of armed robbery leads an alien invader to an active volcano in order to sacrifice himself to destroy the alien and protect the planet.

When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes.

A gangster buys a pincushion doll that looks like his rival, and his reactions to pins stuck in it convince him that it works. He throws the doll out the window of a tall building, but his rival has altered the doll to look like him instead.

A hunter with contempt for the animals he captures is captured by giant aliens and placed in a maze from which he can see a rocketship he could use to pilot his way home if only he could figure out how to escape the maze.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• Rommbu! - This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp). Rommbu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).
• The Tree - Text story with illustration.
• The Thing with the Red Eyes - Narrated in the second person.
• The Terrible Trap! - Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo's examination at his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html