Tales of Suspense #18

(June 1961)

Kraa the Unhuman (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

V-178

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Kraa (introduction, origin)

Synopsis:

An American teacher investigates the mysterious statues made by one tribe in Africa, and finds that they worship a native mutated into a monster by a Soviet atomic test. The teacher soothes the man's pain with ointment, but before the American can get him to a hospital he dies protecting his helper from a python.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #15 (May 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Kraa!" (7 pp). Narrated in the first person. Kraa next appears in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #6 (May 2006).

The Money Tree (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-977

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Billy Anderson; Tom Anderson; Amy Anderson

Synopsis:

A young boy's father scoffs when his son tries to grow a money tree, but the world is astonished when he succeeds.

Reprinted:

• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (November 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Mysterious Mr. P! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-180

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Pied Piper

Synopsis:

A mysterious but famous clarinettist is trapped by communists and pressed to become a propaganda mouthpiece. Instead he leads the dictators into the sky, revealing himself as the Pied Piper.

Reprinted:

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

Enter....the Robot! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-179

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Max Garr

Synopsis:

A mine foreman is concerned that a new robot may take his job, so he scrambles the wires in its control panel. When a cave-in occurs, the men outside contact the foreman by radio and tell him that the robot was not built to work in the mine, but as a safety measure. All he has to do to escape the collapsed tunnel is turn the robot on, but since he has sabotaged the robot's wiring, all he can do is desperately attempt to find the right connections by accident until his air gives out.

Reprinted:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (December 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #2 (2008)
• in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #4/1985