Tales to Astonish #22

(August 1961)

I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature! [, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as KIRBY)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-257

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's strange that we should be absorbed in the stars and in the planets of...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature

Synopsis

A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.

Reprints

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #13 (January 1972) [part 1]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
• in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as K)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as A)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-257

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Behind me--the crawling creature!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature

Reprints

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #13 (January 1972) [part 2]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
• in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Patent Pending (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-215

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A flower pot crashed outside my workshop window and when I...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Joe; Timothy Braun

Synopsis

A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #47 (May 1956)
• in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #13
• in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #7
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Help! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-258

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It couldn't be so, for it defied all logic--all reason!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #19 (1964 ?)
• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #41 ([Janvier 1975])
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (November 1975)
which is reprinted
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #53 (novembre 1975)
• in Creatures on the Loose (Yaffa / Page, 1975 ? series) #2 (1978)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #183 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #239 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

For Whom the Drum Beats! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-259

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meet "The Swinging Six!"

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Max Kole; Grimm

Synopsis

A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #19 (1964 ?)
• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #26 (Juillet 1973)
• in Hævnerne (Williams, 1973 series) #1/1974 (1974)
• in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #7
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #183 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Keywords

Transylvania

Indexer Notes

Possible Stan Lee script per Nick Caputo, based on an examination at his blog:

http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html