*Marvel: The Big Panty Monster sub-genre was still developing by the time of Tales To Astonish #6, but the cover-featured Stone Men certainly qualified and are regarded as a prototype for the creatures featured in Thor’s later debut. By the time of #14, we are in Full Panty mode, when ‘You’ll Never Forget Krang!’ (Who?) 
IN THIS UPDATE: TALES TO ASTONISH
#6 GD/VG £130 (PICTURED) Kirby cover. Lead story by Ditko, also featured on interior art are Sinnott, Kirby, Reinman & Forte. Nice solid copy with good colours, black skyline, tight, firm staples and supple white to off-white pages. Marred slightly by some Marvel chipping to right edge, but not too bad. Otherwise only minor edge wear and corner blunting, with a couple of very faint colour-breaking lines near the ‘A’ in ‘Astonish’. SOLD
#14 FA/GD £18 SOLD Kirby cover and lead story. Other stories by Ditko and Heck. Krang is a giant intelligent ant (of course). This is a low grade copy with much wear. A narrow strip is missing from the top left cover, cutting off the letters ‘T’ and ‘A’ from the word ‘Tales’ in the logo. Cover detached from staples, and spine with long splits. Much wear, including long colour-breaking creases. Chips out and nicks. Off-white to cream pages are okay.