Tales to Astonish Vol 1 23

Alternate Covers: Vintage Tales to Astonish Vol 1 #23 Published September, 1961 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Dick Ayers Stan Goldberg Artie Simek "Moomba" Writer Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "The Green Man" "Less Than Human" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "The Voice from Nowhere" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Ray Holloway Previous Issue Next Issue Tales to Astonish #22 Tales to Astonish #24

Appearing in "Moomba"

Featured Characters:

• Frank

Supporting Characters:

• Katu

Antagonists:

• Moomba (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Pygmies

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unnamed alien race

Locations:

• Africa
• United States of America
  • New York City
    
    

Synopsis for "Moomba"

An explorer discovers that native African wood carvings are actually an advance fifth column invasion force under the command of their leader named Moomba. Moomba gives his command to strike and all the carvings get up and begin to herd and intimidate their human owners as the wood they are crafted of is so dense that neither fire nor any other human weapons can defeat them. Using unknown means, a native African witch doctor defeats Moomba and extracts a promise from him to leave Earth along with all of his warriors.

Appearing in "The Green Man"

Synopsis for "The Green Man"

Appearing in "Less Than Human"

Featured Characters:

• John Harris

Supporting Characters:

• Alice Harris
• Billy Harris
• Roby

Other Characters:

• Service Robots

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unnamed Reality
  • United States of America - 21st Century
    
    

Synopsis for "Less Than Human"

In the future a man rallies against the existence of robots but changes ways when one sacrifices himself to save his son life.

Appearing in "The Voice from Nowhere"

Featured Characters:

• Astronaut

Supporting Characters:

• The Asteroid

Races and Species:

• Humans

Vehicles:

• Spaceship
  
  

Synopsis for "The Voice from Nowhere"

The pilot of a rocketship lands on what he takes to be an asteroid in order to make repairs but is perplexed when he hears a voice seemingly from nowhere pleading to him to help a lost and hungry traveler. He looks all over the "asteroid" but cannot find the source of the pleading and asks if the speaker is invisible. The voice replies no, the man can see him, why won't he help? Since the voice says that it is lost, the man asks "Where are you from?" and the voice replies "From the fourth galaxy". The pilot gestures in the direction of the named galaxy and the grateful voice utters "You've saved me human." After the man lift-offs in his rocketship, he realizes that what he took for an asteroid was actually an alien life form as it moves away from him under its own power.

Notes

• "Moomba" reprinted in Chamber of Chills #25 & Creatures on the Loose #11
• "Less Than Human" reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #22
• "The Voice From Nowhere" reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #14

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