Sinister Tales #108

([circa 1971 - 1972])

Curse of the Seal Men (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Kraus

Pencils

? (header illustration)

Inks

? (header illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Slowly, cautiously, the powerful motor launch nosed its way through the scattered ice floes that littered the steel-gray waters of the Arctic borderland.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Pierre Manet; Jim Carson

Synopsis

Two cruel seal hunters kill an eskimo. He curses them with his dying breath - and the hunters turn into seals.

What Is...the Power? (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Tom Palmer

Letters

Herb Cooper

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archaeological diggings below, crew...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Henry McCoy]]; Alex Summers [Havok] (origin continued); The Living Monolith [Ahmet Abdol] [also as Living Pharaoh] (villain)

Synopsis

In the Egyptian desert, the X-Men battle the Living Pharaoh and his men. The Pharaoh takes off with Alex and siphons off his mutant powers to turn himself into the Living Monolith. As the X-Men battle the Monolith, Alex turns the tables by taking back his power and more, stopping the Monolith and destroying the ancient temple where he has been trapped. Alex warns his friends to stay away as he has no control over the destructive powers coursing through his body.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #56 (May 1969)

The Million Dollar Angel (Table of Contents: 3)

Angel; X-Men / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Warren! Come down from there this second!

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Warren continuously gets himself into trouble at home so his parents send him to a private school to straighten him out. While at school, Warren surprisingly develops wings. Within days of his wings appearing, a fire breaks out on campus and Warren utilizes his ability to fly to rescue schoolmates stuck in a building that is on fire.

Where Angels Dare to Tread! (Table of Contents: 4)

Angel; X-Men / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Sam Grainger

Letters

Sam Grainger

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's the kind of scene I was looking for...right below me!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Big Albert; Charlie; Alma (name revealed in next issue)

Synopsis

Angel becomes The Avenging Angel, with red-and-black costume.

Indexer Notes

The events of the story occur during the winter of 1963.

The Flying A-Bomb! (Table of Contents: 5)

Angel; X-Men / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Sam Grainger

Letters

Sam Grainger

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Professor X to Cyclops and Iceman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fred; Alma; Tom

Synopsis

Cyclops and Iceman try to convince a reluctant Angel to join the X-Men.

The Treasure of Planetoid 12! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

[X-90 ?]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Charlie Nast; Sam

Synopsis

In the year 2100 a criminal hijacks a spaceship to be the first man to claim the treasure of Planetoid 12. When he gets there, he finds nothing but water and mud. He thinks that it might be oil or something valuable, but after he drinks it he knows that it is merely water. The pilot that he forced along at gunpoint thinks he knows where the treasure is, but the criminal refuses to believe there is a treasure on Planetoid 12 at all until he reverts back into an infant. The pilot has realized the treasure is the fountain of youth.

The Manikins! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-113

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You may wonder what a love story is doing in a fantasy magazine?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Selwin Simple

Synopsis

An odd man works with the manikins in a department store, but becomes upset when one of the female manikins is to be put in a bridal display. The employee disappears and the groom is replaced with a manikin that looks just like him.

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Man Who Hated Monstro! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee; Larry Lieber

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're huge and powerful, but somehow--someway--I shall destroy you!

Genre

animal; horror-suspense

Characters

Karl Krumm; Monstro

Synopsis

A star acrobat is jealous of a popular gorilla at his circus and torments it. Finally, he arranges for the gorilla to break free so that it will be shot, but it has enough strength left to swing out on the trapeze to get revenge.

The Dream Creatures (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger

Letters

?

Job Number

J-100

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Humans have restful dreams that make them content. Investigating where the dreams came from Mallinger learns from an African shaman that aliens are appearing in people's dreams to help introduce themselves to mankind. However they finally tire of receiving no response and leave Earth's orbit.

Curse of the Seal Men (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Kraus

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Slowly, cautiously, the powerful motor launch nosed its way through the scattered ice floes that littered the steel-gray waters of the Arctic borderland.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two cruel seal hunters kill an eskimo. He curses them with his dying breath - and the hunters turn into seals.

Indexer Notes

Continued from inside front cover

Companion Comics in this Series (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)