Marvel Tales #126

(August 1954)

It Came from Nowhere (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doug Wildey (signed)

Inks

Doug Wildey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

E-637

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You know what curiosity did to the cat, don't you?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Aliens from space wish to conquer Earth, but when they land, temperatures are too high for them and they melt into a blob-like creature.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #78
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #9 (1964)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #14 (December 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1975 (1975)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #154 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #189 ([circa 1982 - 1983])

Some Form of Life (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-29

The Graves That Moved (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney ?; ? (see notes)

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

E-649

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We figure that everything belongs in its own special place, don't you?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The victims of a slumlord's unsafe living conditions fly their coffins to the man's lawn. He attempts to flee, but the coffins hem him in and bury him alive.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #9 (1964)
• in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (February 1974)

Indexer Notes

Possible Mooney pencils and Mooney inks per Nick Caputo, who notes that the splash panel may be drawn by an unknown artist. Previous indexer credited Jack Abel on inks.

The Death of Me! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)

Inks

Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

E-597

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Unlucky Pierre... He's really in a hole now!

Synopsis

A man comes to the realization that the reflections that gaze out at us from mirrors are actually murderous beings from a different dimension that wish to usurp our place. He breaks all mirrors and tries to warn people but they put him in an asylum. He gives the story to a reporter who knocks over a pitcher of water as he leaves the man's cell. The evil reflection reaches out of the puddle and strangles him.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #9 (1964)
• in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)

The Lonely Man (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Eadeh (signed)

Inks

Al Eadeh (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

E-652

First Line of Dialogue or Text

See that old boy below?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The son of a cyclops is very lonely so he goes around pan-handling for friends. Since the look of a cyclops is fatal, he never keeps friends for very long as he has this one bad habit of taking off his sunglasses in order to get a better look at them.

Reprints

• in Die Gruft von Graf Dracula (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #9 (1964)
• in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (March 1974)

Murdock's Brain! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely

Inks

Joe Maneely

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

E-700

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For our grand finale, we want you to meet the smatest man in the world!

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Murdock invents a serum that will preserve his brain even though his body appears dead because he hopes to avoid atomic war that is impending. Peace breaks out and scientific advances occur that allow immortality, but Murdock lies in a coffin appearing dead but really just thinking, immobile.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #78
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #9 (1964)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (February 1974)
which is reprinted
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #35 (mai 1974)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #154 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #189 ([circa 1982 - 1983])