Marvel Tales #129

(December 1954)

You Can't Touch Bottom (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

F-216

Synopsis

A mysterious jacket has a spell on it that compels any who wear to stuff objects into the bottomless right pocket. A scientist figures he can get rich if he can figure out the secret of the other dimension and tries inserting various objects, even a note attempting to communicate, but he cannot figure out what object the other dimensional beings are looking for. Finally, he sticks his head in attempting to see, and falls all the way in. When the jacket is found the next day, the pocket now has a bottom sewn in.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #103
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #6
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (May 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #59 (Avril 1976)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #160 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #195 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

Indexer Notes

Pencils per Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 4789, 2010-08-25). Esposito inks per Ger Apeldoorn, Michael Vassallo and Pieter Bell via Atlas Tales. Saltarella credited Frank Giacoia.

Where There's a Will (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-497

Reprints

• from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (January 1953) [orginally titled "The Inheritance"]

The Assassin! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vince Colletta (signed as Colletta)

Inks

Vince Colletta (signed as Colletta)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

F-172

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22
• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #17 (November 1975)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])

Indexer Notes

A similar plot to "The Man in Black" from Menace #2

Dog-Gone! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Howie Post ?

Pencils

Howie Post

Inks

Howie Post

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

F-210

Synopsis

A failed writer rescues a dog from an alley who turns out to be a better writer than he ever was.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #96, #22 (1963 ?)
• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #23 (November 1975)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #241 ([circa 1987 - 1988])

The Helping Hand! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

F-161

Synopsis

Big city crooks move out to a small town in order to avoid the law but are undone by snoopy neighbors.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #30
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22
• in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (May 1974)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])

Indexer Notes

The index to the Alan Class reprint gives the job number as F-161. Winiarski credit per Ger Apeldoorn, Michael Vassallo and Pieter Bell via Atlas Tales. Saltarella previously credited Vern Henkel with pencils.

Just Suppose... (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)

Inks

Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

F-202

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A writer finds an alien and makes a pet out of him, but when his fellows come for him, the tables are turned.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #30 (September 1974)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])