Bidspirit auction | Tales to Astonish #17 Mar

Tales to Astonish #17 Mar 1961, Raw - Atlas Comics, Tales to Astonish #17, March 1961. Classic Silver Age monster anthology featuring the cover-featured ”Vandoom” tale with iconic giant creature design and period advertising including a Juke Box Band mail-order insert and Charles Atlas body-building advertisement. This copy shows heavy wear consistent with six decades of reading and storage—substantial creasing throughout the cover, significant color loss and fading particularly along the spine, edge wear with small tears and creases, and overall yellowing. Interior pages are present with visible browning and age-related darkening typical of the period; centerfold remains intact. The cover maintains recognizable artwork and color separation despite condition challenges. A working example of early 1960s monster comics that served as an important testing ground for characters and concepts that would later define the Marvel Universe. Well below average for a book of this age and title, but structurally sound and displayable.