Tales of Suspense #22

(October 1961)

Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-333

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson

Synopsis:

An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.

Reprints:

• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966) [part 1]
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972) [part 1]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-333

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson

Reprints:

• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966) [part 2]
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972) [part 2]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)

Mystery Trip (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely ?

Inks:

Joe Maneely ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-266

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete

Synopsis:

Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.

Reprints:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)

Only One is Human! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Robert Brown

Synopsis:

A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian.

Reprints:

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Anatomy of a Nightmare! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-309

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.

Reprints:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #130

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.