Tales of Suspense #15

(March 1961)

Goom! The Thing from Planet X!, Part 1 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-87

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Goom (introduction, origin); Mark Langley (introduction); Helen Langley (introduction)

Synopsis:

After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, a scientist realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal. He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet.

Reprints:

• in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974) [part 1]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Goom's next published appearance is in Warlock and the Infinity Watch (Marvel, 1992 series) #7 (August 1992); while his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005); he also appeared in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series). The speech of the scientist hero at the end is similar to many others in Marvel books at this time, including Reed Richards' speech in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #24 (March 1964).

[Goom! The Thing from Planet X!], Part 2: Goom (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-87

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Reprints:

• in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974) [part 2]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Masquerade (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-750

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole

Synopsis:

A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.

Reprints:

• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (October 1955)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

I Am the Living Ghost! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

A man enters a castle determined to prove that there are no ghosts, but the events he experiences convince him that the castle is haunted, and so he flees. It turns out that the castle does not contain any ghosts, but is possessed by animated suits of armor and living stone gargoyles.

Reprints:

• in Giant-Size Dracula (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (March 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Narrated by one of the animated beings.

Moomboo! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-56

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Moomboo

Synopsis:

A shaman cons his tribe, but when a seemingly magic idol appears he attacks it and it vanishes. It was an extra-dimensional scout, and its experience decides its people not to contact Earth.

Reprints:

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #216 (?)
• in James Bond (Semic, 1965 series) #19/[1972] (1972-04-11) [as "Moomboos magi", Swedish translation]
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #149 (None Listed)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person to the shaman.