Tales of Suspense #31

(July 1962)

The Monster in the Iron Mask! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-714

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Monster in the Iron Mask; Bobby; Mr. Lane

Synopsis:

A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas.

Reprinted:

• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #58 (May 1976) [as "Le monstre au masque de fer!", French translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)

Time Machine (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-85

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.

Reprinted:

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person.

The Man Who Found Shangri-La! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-715

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Harry Drumm; Paul Drumm

Synopsis:

A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La. He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve.

Reprinted:

• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)

The Crackpot (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck (signed)

Inks:

Don Heck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mister Smythe; Elias Poole

Synopsis:

An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing.

Reprinted:

• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (June 1975)
• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #55 (February 1976) [as "Le cinglé", French translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #88 (date unknown)

The Missing Link! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)