Marvel Tales #155

(February 1957)

I Walk Through Glass! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (sourced)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (sourced)

Inks

Jim Mooney (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-158

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Oliver Greeley; Julia Greeley; Edward Greeley; Jill Greeley

Synopsis

Oliver discovers his mirror open to another Earth where he sees a wealthy family. Oliver steals from the family then goes back through the mirror and shatters it so they can't follow him but the money all disappears. He had stolen from himself, it was the Oliver of another reality.

Reprints

• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #248 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

Forbidden Fruit (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-236

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lu Fang; Neru

Synopsis

Lu Fang discovers the Forbidden Land where pomegranates can grant 500 years of life. He throws one over the wall before leaving so he can consume it, only to find he threw it into a grove of pomegranate trees. He spends decades rifling through the fruit trying to find the one he threw.

Reprints

• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #248 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

Keywords

Forbidden Land; Gobi Desert; Japan; Mongolia; pomegranates

When I Close My Eyes... (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-220

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A man has recurring dreams where he confesses his crimes to the police but the dreams end as the dawn rises. Travelling overseas he finds himself stranded where the nights last for six months.

Reprints

• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?)

Keywords

Arctic

Man in a Trance! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck (sourced)

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-225

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Price; Stacey; Harding

Synopsis

Through yoga mysticism, Price tries to go back into his past and prevent himself from being jailed. Instead he discovers he's serving 18 years instead of 8.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4

Keywords

time travel; yoga

Indexer Notes

art credits per Atlas Tales and Nick Caputo.

Upside-Down (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan (illustration)

Inks

Gene Colan (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-534

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #46 (February 1956) [as "Upside-Down"]

The Saucer That Couldn't Fly! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (sourced)

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (sourced)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-170

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Arnie Ross; Frank; Al; Herb; Charlie Evans; Harvey Maxon; Claude Vincent; Hama-Ka; Martians

Synopsis

Arnie and his gang attempt to swindle Vincent out of his money by posing as Martian investors but the Martians are real and depart with Vincent's money. Being worthless to them, they destroy the cheque.

Reprints

• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #4
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #29 (1968 ?)

The Lost Million! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Tartaglione (sourced)

Inks

John Tartaglione (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-228

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Harry Simpson; Mrs. Lane; Walter Lane

Synopsis

Harry buys a newsboy's last paper and discover it contains the next day's contents. Learning Mrs. Lane will commit suicide Harry saves her. Checking the paper again he finds the story has changed so that Mrs. Lane gives him a million dollar reward for saving his life. He tries to find the newsboy but learns it was probably a manifestation of Mrs. Lane's dead husband Walter.

Reprints

• in Marvel Tales (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #2
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #109 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #174 ([circa 1984 - 1985])