Tales of Suspense #16

(April 1961)

The Thing Called Metallo! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-110

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Metallo [Mike Fallon]

Synopsis:

An escaped convict tests a radiation-proof suit under a fake name. When he realizes the suit’s power, he uses it to go on a crime spree. When he finds that he has a disease only treatable by radiation he stays in the suit to die rather than be captured.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #26 (January 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp). Narrated in the second person.

The Holiday (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-790

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Zed; Zack

Synopsis:

A boy celebrates the turn of the millenium with a special trip to the moon.

Reprinted:

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #40 (October 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. This story is set at the end of the 29th century. The first page is split with the statement of ownership.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Average circulation per issue October 1959–September 1960 (issues #8–14): 148,929. This shares the first page of "The Holiday".

Nightmare! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-103

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

John Larson; Dunstan Kromm

Synopsis:

A man scoffs at his friend’s idea that a nightmare could last forever, causing him to storm out, drive off the road and die. He wakes up having the same conversation, in a nightmare loop.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person.

The Hands of Hogarr! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-116

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Carl Gruko; Hogarr; Inspector Baynard

Synopsis:

A fugitive forces a gypsy to give him a new face, but he is captured because it is the same face as his pursuer.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 (2008)