Amazing Stories of Suspense #57

The Sword (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-4127

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the beginning there was the earth!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Hank; Joe

Reprints

• from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #73 (January 1965)

The Heartless Earth People (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Montes ?

Inks

Dick Giordano ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-3688

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A delegation from the planet Xherto approached earth!

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #73 (January 1965)

Channel X (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-4282

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Most of us enjoy a quiet, pleasant evening watching television!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ed Jones; Agnes Jones (his wife)

Reprints

• from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #73 (January 1965)

Keywords

Gakton (planet)

The Golden House (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-3995

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The American West in the early 1800s was a land of blood and violence!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Cole; Sam Baker; Ann (Cole's daughter); Golden Hoof (native American chief)

Reprints

• from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #73 (January 1965)

Indexer Notes

Although the story is about a golden horse the title is actually The Golden House, obviously an error.

The Village That Cried! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores (signed as Syd Shores)

Inks

Syd Shores (signed as Syd Shores)

Letters

?

Job Number

H-674

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the inside of a spaceship!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Space explorers do not recognize the life forms that they land amidst.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #42 (February 1956)

Goodbye to Linda Brown (Table of Contents: 6)

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)

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why would a young girl vanish one night from the face of the earth?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Linda Brown; Aunt May; Uncle Ben

Synopsis

A girl in a wheelchair living with her aunt and uncle begins sleepwalking. In her sleep, she wheels herself underwater. The couple are sad...but they knew their mermaid ward would one day go home.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #97 (June 1962)

Indexer Notes

This story is a retelling of "The Sea Waits for Me!", drawn by Dick Ayers, from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (March 1956).

Ditko evidentially used Aunt May and Uncle Ben here, as reference for Spider-Man's folks when they appeared two months later. They are nearly identical, only slightly younger.

Gunning for Trouble (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Packer (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Windy Daley was the most worried camp cook in all of North Mesquite.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Windy Daley (cook); Larry; Sage casey (foreman); Jed Corey (gunslinger)

Synopsis

Jed Corey, the fastest gunslinger in the west is captured by the cook.

Reprints

• from Hopalong Cassidy (Fawcett, 1943 series) #53 (March 1951)

Kala, Queen of the Netherworld! (Table of Contents: 8)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number

X-216

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Entering our Netherworld was the mistake of your life, Iron Man!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala (introduction); General Baxu (introduction); Jim; Evans

Synopsis

Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (July 1963)

Keywords

Netherworld

I Was A Victim of Venus! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (Plot); Larry Lieber (credited)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

Matt Fox (credited)

Letters

Tom Foral

Job Number

X-217

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The year is 2005 and by now interplanetary hops are pretty routine!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dirk Morgan; Siblus Sladd

Synopsis

A criminal steals a valuable diamond from Venus, but it is irradiated and makes him sick. He needs to steal the money to pay a doctor, but when he choses a target at random he kills the only doctor who could cure him.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (July 1963)

Keywords

diamond horn; Venus

Indexer Notes

Set in 2005.

A Fortune in Beans! (Table of Contents: 10)

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)

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-730

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You probably don't think much about beans, one way or another!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mr. Bixby

Synopsis

A bean seller is chagrined to find that he has competition from the Giant, of Jack and Beanstalk fame, who has decided to go into business selling his giant beans.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #98 (July 1962)

The Vengeance of the Vine! (Table of Contents: 11)

Fanfare Series / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Al Wenzel

Inks

Al Wenzel

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At a lonely missionary post, deep in the back country of the Amazon---

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Roger Dennis; Dr. Manning

Synopsis

Roger Dennis steals a golden idol from a tribe in the Amazon jungle, but the reach of vengeance follows him home and eventually forces him to confess.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #135 (May-June 1966)
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #110 (August 1959) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "The Plant That Remembered!"

The Whirlpool (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-4131

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Is the north of England, there is a road!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #73 (January 1965)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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