Tales to Astonish 1959 #25 - 3.5 - $35.00

A dissolute human is targeted by an alien that can transport items through television sets, but he is saved by his failure to pay the electric bill.

A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he?s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.

A spy from Jupiter disguised as a human stows away on the first rocket from Earth to Mars. The pilot is a Martian spy disguised as Earthman Dan Blake whose mission is to radio back to Earth that a radiation belt with fatal effects makes attempting to reach Mars too dangerous so Earthmen will give up their attempts to reach Mars. The spy from Jupiter overcomes the Martian and radios Jupiter that travel to Mars is safe, and then radios the Martian's story back to Earth so as to discourage Earthlings from space flight.

An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.

A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house?s caretaker. He thinks that he didn?t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.

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

• I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr! - Narrated in the first person.
• The Party - Text story with illustration.
• Behold Him! He Is the Martian! - Narrated in the first person. Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.