Tales of Suspense
#22
[British]
(October 1961)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price, cover month removed and Thorpe & Porter distribution appended to indicia.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22.
Beware of Bruttu!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look!! Ahead in the tunnel!!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #36 (1963) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010) - in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; subway trains
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Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1]
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-333
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The whole fantastic thing never would have occurred if I hadn't been built so small!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson
- Synopsis
- An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #36 (1963)
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966) [part 1]
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972) [part 1]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
- in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
Mystery Trip
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely
- Inks
- Joe Maneely
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-266
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There was much excitement in the Pidgeon household the week that Uncle Pete was...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
- Synopsis
- Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-333
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop! Calm yourselves!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson
- Reprints
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966) [part 2]
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972) [part 2]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
- in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is pages 11-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 7 to 13).
Only One Is Human!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was the first meeting of Martians and humans, as I led the first human landing on Mars!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Robert Brown; John Baxter; Henry Sloan; Fred Winthrop
- Synopsis
- A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #50
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972) which is reprinted
-
in Dæmonen (Williams, 1973 series) #1/1973 (1973) -
in Durfal Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #26 (1973) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #157 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #191 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #186 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Mars; virus X
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Anatomy of a Nightmare!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-309
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The creature's eyes were like two fiery orbs, burning into mine!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #38
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #28
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972)
-
in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #5 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed] - in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #130 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #161 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware of Bruttu!
-
1.
Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1]
-
2.
Mystery Trip
-
3.
[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu
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4.
Only One Is Human!
-
5.
The Anatomy of a Nightmare!
This issue was modified by
- David Bruce
- Steve Coates
- Jay Flash
- Jim Stangas
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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