Tales of Suspense #9

(May 1960)

I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-631

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Diablo; Ulysses Bloodstone (unnamed, identified in later retcon)

Synopsis:

An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.

Reprints:

• in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
• in James Bond (Semic, 1965 series) #17/[1971] (1971-10-19) [as "Jag såg Diablo! Demonen från den femte dimensionen", Swedish translation]
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #30 (October 1974)
• in James Bond (Semic, 1965 series) #2/1982 (1982-02-09) [as "Jag såg Diablo! Demonen från den femte dimensionen", Swedish translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

The Mirror (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-762

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bruce Morton; Miss Coleman

Synopsis:

A wealthy but unhappy man is motivated to change his life by the vision of his past that he sees in his mirror.

Reprints:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #143 (February 1956)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between the lead story and "The Wrath of Chondu!", while the second page is printed between "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" and "The Return of the Living Robot!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

The Wrath of Chondu! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Doug Wildey

Inks:

Doug Wildey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-624

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Chondu [Harvey Schlerman] (introduction); Joe Parker

Synopsis:

A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo.

Reprints:

• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974)
which is reprinted
• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #44 ([Mars 1975])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Chondu next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (March 1975). This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #76 (January 1962) as "Mind Over Matter!" drawn by Don Heck.

Time on My Hands! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte (signed)

Inks:

John Forte (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-626

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man steals a time machine to learn how to get rich but is stranded when he accidently leaves it in a garbage incinerator.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "Trapped in Tomorrow!" drawn by John Buscema, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #68 (April 1959).

Earth Will Be Destroyed! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-641

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded.

Reprints:

• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (September 1975)
which is reprinted
• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #53 ([Décembre 1975])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the third person. This story is retold with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average sales not printed. This shares the last page of "The Mirror".

The Return of the Living Robot! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-627

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Living Robot [John]; Cyril Stretford

Synopsis:

The fugitive robot impersonates a prominent MP to lift the robot ban. The MP escapes and defeats the robot with his bare hands, since he is also a robot, secretly protecting humanity.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the third person. Continues from last issue.