Sinister Tales #52

The Hundred-Year Witch! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Chic Stone

Inks

Chic Stone

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ghosts and Goblins --- you've met every variety of them in the pages of this magazine.

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Martin Gooding; Ted Carroll; Richard Gooding; Marian Wilding

Reprints

• from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #43 (October-November 1965)

The King's Coming Up! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Hy Eisman

Inks

Hy Eisman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tiger Connors had a special game,

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tige Conners; Tony Arola

Reprints

• from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #43 (October-November 1965)

Trapped in the Ant Hill! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores

Inks

Syd Shores ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-185

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The brilliant young scientist, Dr. Perry Moore,

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Perry Moore

Synopsis

Moore invents a shrinking serum and winds up in an ant hill but finally regains his normal size.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Titles, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com. Plot similar to "Man in the Ant Hill" from Tales to Astonish #27.

Fateful Decision (Table of Contents: 4)

Rookie Cop / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Anderson

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sharp slap of leather rises above the whispered ringside comments,

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Crime and Justice (Charlton, 1951 series) #23 (March 1955)

Indexer Notes

Possible Baker pencils per Nick Caputo, July 2016.

The Inventor (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

F-889

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ned Carter was a janitor, but he didn't like it very much.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ned Carter; Mr. Jonas

Synopsis

A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)

Indexer Notes

The illustration is from the story 'I, the Robot' from Menace (Marvel, 1953 series) #11.

The Romita illustration has been replaced by an illustrated of a broom and a test tube.

Fangs of the Bear (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils

Doug Wildey

Inks

Doug Wildey

Letters

Artie Simek ?

Job Number

T-635

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It took twelve weeks of continuous labor to build the control panel...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Bobby

Synopsis

A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)

Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch (Table of Contents: 7)

Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee; Dick Ayers

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry, Wanda! This is our chance to flee from Magneto and his band of evil mutants!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Very Brief Cameo Flashbacks: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Mastermind; Magneto; Blob; X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]

Synopsis

Quicksilver wants to leave Magneto's group but his sister Wanda reminds him that she is in his debt. The Scarlet Witch takes her brother's lead and they seek out the Fantastic Four for advice. They encounter Ben and Johnny at Fantastic Four headquarters where a misunderstanding turns into a brawl. When it's over, Quicksilver and his sister decide they cannot trust homo sapiens and return to Magneto.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #128 (January 1965)

The Story Nobody Knows! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Jack Abel ?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-635

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the story that nobody knows...because nobody would believe it!

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #7 (December 1956)

Indexer Notes

Forgione/Abel credit per Atlas Tales. Previous indexer credited Vic Carrabotta.

The Demon's Disciple! (Table of Contents: 9)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko; Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having successfully defied the power of the Dread Dormammu Dr. Strange is given a more powerful amulet,

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dr. Strange; Disciple (unnamed); The Demon

Synopsis

Dr. Strange receives a desperate plea for help from a man who became a disciple of someone called The Demon not realizing the seriousness of the situation. The Demon transports the man back to his lair and consigns him to a pit beneath the floor. Strange tracks the man's location and confronts the evil mystic in an epic battle. Dr. Strange places a mystic veil over The Demon's mind, explaining that when it is lifted he will know who defeated him and who can defeat him. Strange frees the disciple, bidding him to go on his way and never look back.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #128 (January 1965)

Indexer Notes

The Demon would return, in league with Baron Mordo, in STRANGE TALES #132 (May 1965). The Demon's real name not revealed until DOCTOR STRANGE #56 (December 1982). No relation to the hero from FIGHTING HERO COMICS #1 (SFCA, December 1962) or Jack Kirby's Etrigan from THE DEMON #1 (DC, December 1972).

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