Tales to Astonish 1959 #30 - 3.5 - $75.00

The Gorilla-Man escapes and tries to get himself transformed back into a human, but instead he is blasted into space in an experimental space capsule.

An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.

A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward.

An oddly cheerful elevator operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.

A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• The Thing from the Hidden Swamp!; Return of the Gorilla-Man! - Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 January 2009); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
• The Return of the Gorilla-Man - Despite the end of the story in Tales to Astonish #28 seemingly indicating Gorilla-Man's mind regressing to that of a beast, in this issue Gorilla-Man's mental facility seems to be completely unimpaired. Job number speculative on the basis of other stories in this issue.
• The Remedy Oil - Text story with illustrations.
• The Thing from the Hidden Swamp - The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby. Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.
• Quogg! - The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.