(September 1959)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Male Publishing Corp.
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue to issue #15 (March 1961) almost all new stories in Tales of Suspense are narrated in the first person.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.


Tunnel to Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee ?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Eric Lansing
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).


I Became a Human Robot! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-336

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Gammus
Synopsis:
An alien spy places his mind in a robot sent to Earth, hoping to be taken in for study. He gains access to data on Earth technology, but the scientists turn his robot body off, trapping him.
Reprinted:
  • in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.


The Masterpiece (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
G-864

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Claude Duval; M. Finnault; Mme. Fleury
Synopsis:
A portrait painter is determined to paint a landscape, and eventually disappears into it.
Reprinted:
  • from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #28 (November 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.


I Fought the Tyrannosaurus (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-345

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Kate; Rod
Synopsis:
A couple vacationing in Africa find a dinosaur egg that hatches a live tyrannosaur. The dinosaur terrifies the villagers, but eventually dies in a landslide.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.


I Walk Thru [sic] Walls! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-346

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
A criminal accidentally makes a teleporter and uses it to commit incredible burglaries, until a clever cop sets a trap for him.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.


I Travelled Thru [sic] Time!! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Forgione ?
Inks:
Bob Forgione ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-347

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Vladamir Gorki; Professor Pskov; Benedict Arnold
Synopsis:
A foreign spy escapes capture by using a time machine to flee to the 18th century, but finds that he has assumed the identity of Benedict Arnold and will be executed in his place.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.


I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Forte (signed)
Inks:
John Forte (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-340

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Eric Lansing; Makka
Synopsis:
An engineer attempts to build a tunnel from America to Europe but it is destroyed by inhuman creatures living in an undersea city.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. I Became a Human Robot!
  2. 2. The Masterpiece
  3. 3. I Fought the Tyrannosaurus
  4. 4. I Walk Thru [sic] Walls!
  5. 5. I Travelled Thru [sic] Time!!
  6. 6. I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere!
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  • Nick Caputo
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  • Martin O'Hearn
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  • Henry R. Kujawa