Tales of Suspense #37

(January 1963)

Haag! Hunter of Helpless Humans! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited as L. D. Lieber) (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as A. Simek)

Job Number

V-964

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Behold, humans--you are captives of...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Haag; Bret Marlowe; Charlie; Ben; Frank

Synopsis

An alien hunter named Haag comes to earth looking for new game to hunt and sets out to capture humans from around the world.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Interpresse, 1968 series) #77 (1971)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #53 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (October 1975)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #62 ([septembre 1976]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Muscle Man (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[J-849]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a hot afternoon, this last one of Jimmy Binn's vacation.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jimmy Binn; Tooloo

Synopsis

An ordinary man envies bodybuilders on the beach, and a strange figure teaches him about the strength of his own mind.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (July 1956)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

A Voice in the Dark (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hear you!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Freddy Sloan; Kathy; Kathy's father

Synopsis

A crook hides in a wax museum, but he is scared off by a phonogram record. The curator finds the record, but no one except the statues could have turned it on.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #100
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #22 (1964 ?)
• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #52 (1970)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #151 ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #184 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #243 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Keywords

George Toussaud's Wax Museum

Behold--the Monster! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-966

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gigantic! Awesome! Stupendous! It towers...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Joe; J.G.

Synopsis

A publicity agent has a large paper mache monster created to promote a new movie but is despondent when his boss criticizes him for public complaints the object is generating. Unknown to anyone on Earth, an alien invasion force is drawing near when its commander orders the viewscreen to display a typical Earth creature so they will know what to expect. When the viewscreen picks up the large monster, the alien commander panics and orders a full retreat.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #100
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #22 (1964 ?)
• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #37 (1968)
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #37 (September 1975)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #151 ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #184 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)