Tales to Astonish #16

(February 1961)

Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-15

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Thorr [renamed "Thorg" in later reprints]; Linus; Helen

Synopsis:

When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970) [as "Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable"]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

The Bridge (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-707

Content Information

Genre:

spy; occult

Characters:

Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks

Synopsis:

A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #42 (June 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

My Touch Means... Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-27

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bill Howard; Martha Howard; Dr. Johnson

Synopsis:

A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. The guard on duty doesn't carry a gun, but the thief experiences a terrifying vision where he is irradiated and made deadly to the touch while trying to escape. It turns out that the new guard is a "psychiatrist hypnotist" who gave him the vision.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #217 ([no date])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the third person.

Save Me from the Mole Men! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-28

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Crusher; Xoorr

Synopsis:

A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-31

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe

Synopsis:

A bedraggled man wanders through a misty night, unsure of his identity. He is finally forced to return to his prison in a painting, where he has been trapped since betraying a sorceror.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([no date])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2