Tales to Astonish 1959 #54 - 7.5 - $99.00

Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed.

A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.

An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them.

A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• No Place to Turn! - Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
• No Place to Hide! - El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988).
• The Treasure - Continues in next issue.
• There Were Five Frightened Men...! - Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo. This is the last non superhero comic story in Tales to Astonish.
• Two More Triumphs for Marvel - Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #25 (April 1964) and the launch of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series). This shares the page with the statement of ownership.
• Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962?September 1963 (issues #39?51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo.