Tales of Suspense #19

(July 1961)

The Green Thing! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-216

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

The Green Thing; Ignatius Rex

Synopsis:

A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants. He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

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

Lady Luck (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-377

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck

Synopsis:

A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.

Reprinted:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Haunted Paper (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

V-213

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Nick Rover; Olef

Synopsis:

A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front. When his typesetter changes the headlines from what they should read into what actually happens in the near future, he realizes he's got a goldmine, but the typesetter refuses to tell him how he can accurately predict the future. The criminal threatens to fire and blacklist the typesetter if he doesn't come clean, and the next headline he sets tells of an accident happening to the newspaper owner. Panicked, he turns himself in to the police so that he will be safe in jail, which is what the typesetter wanted all along.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

The Coming of Maaboo (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

V-217

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Charlie Wilkes; Maaboo

Synopsis:

A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien. The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.