Astonishing #59

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CGC records 19 graded copies for Astonishing #59 (1957). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Eyes of Mala-Tor

A thief steals of good luck statue from an old man and buries it at the base of a tree to avoid the police. When he returns for it later, he finds that the entire tree has transformed into the statue and it seizes him. The owner of the statue asks that the thief be released and the police arrest him.

| StoryTitle2 = The Girl Behind the Glass! | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Jay Scott Pike | Inker2_1 = Jay Scott Pike | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Jonas Case) **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Doctor **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Atlantean Woman **Other Characters:** * Barbara * Unidentified Oil Company ** Mack **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Fish ** Sharks * Atlanteans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Atlantic Ocean *** Atlantis) ** North America *** United States of America ** Continent of Atlantis)

| Synopsis2 = Jonas is a diver who discovers Atlantis beneath a glass dome. He makes eye contact with a beautiful woman before he is caught in a dynamite blast set by another diver. When he recovers he returns to the spot to seek out the woman but when she approaches him and he sees her shark-like teeth he realizes that she is hunting him and flees to the surface.

| StoryTitle3 = Just Make a Wish! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = John Tartaglione | Inker3_1 = John Tartaglione | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Mr. Salinger **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed "Inventor" **Other Characters:** * Ms. Thompkins * Benson * Unidentified Police Department ** Unnamed Police Officer * Unnamed Scavenger **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America **Items:** * Wish-Translator Machine

| Synopsis3 = A con man attempts to pass off a wish-granting machine that he found as his own invention and the victim is arrested when the money he wishes for is revealed as fake.

| StoryTitle4 = Behind the Veil | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Vince Colletta | Inker4_1 = Vince Colletta | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Felix Jordan) **Supporting Characters:** * Sheik of Wazar)

**Other Characters:** * Sheik's Daughter * Sheik's Personal Guard ** Several unnamed guards * Unnamed Thief * Unnamed Jeweler **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Camels **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Africa *** Wazar **Items:** * Sheik's "Diamonds"

| Synopsis4 = Felix attempts the rob the sheik of Wazar but when he shows the jewels to a fence they have turned to sand.

| ReprintOf5 = Marvel Tales Vol 1 141 | ReprintOfStory5 = 4 | StoryTitle5 = The Money Bag! | Penciler5_1 = N/A | Inker5_1 = N/A | Colorist5_1 = N/A

| StoryTitle6 = Who is the Master? | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Robert Sale | Inker6_1 = Robert Sale | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Raymond Mantell) **Supporting Characters:** * Prof. Charles Norton) **Antagonists:** * Charles Norton's Dogs ** Uncas_(Earth-616)) ** Numerous unnamed dogs **Other Characters:** * Raymond Mantell's Dog **Races and Species:** * Humans) (flashback) * Dogs (flashback) **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** United States of America (flashback)

| Synopsis6 = A man thinks that dogs are reading his mind and preparing to replace man as the masters.

| StoryTitle7 = The Trapped City | Writer7_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler7_1 = Dick Ayers | Inker7_1 = Dick Ayers | Colorist7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = Dick Ayers | Editor7_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Eliot J. Jones) **Supporting Characters:** * Hamilton Richards)

**Other Characters:** * Don Witler) * Louis Bryant) * New Yorkers ** Unnamed New York City Mayor ** Numerous unnamed New Yorkers * NYPD) ** Two unnamed police officers * FDNY) ** Two unnamed firefighters * Unnamed Judge **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ants **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Manhattan ****** Empire State Building ***** New York City Subway *** Hudson River **Items:** * Ozone Z

| Synopsis7 = Jones becomes a tyrant over New York City when a spray from a helicopter shrinks it. Jones is captured when the city becomes normal again and as punishment Jones is placed in solitary confinement in a specially built giant cell to make him feel that he has been reduced in stature.

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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Eyes of Mala-Tor" is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 26. * "The Girl Behind the Glass!" is reprinted in Strange Tales Vol 1 177. * "Who is the Master?" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 4.

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Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, Carl Wessler

Interior art: Bernard Baily, Jay Scott Pike, John Tartaglione, Vince Colletta, N/A, Robert Sale, Dick Ayers

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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