Amazing Stories of Suspense #84

Meet The Fly... Master of the Insect World! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Fly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel ?

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly

Reprints

• from The Shadow (Archie, 1964 series) #3 (November 1964)

Indexer Notes

A recap of the powers and abilities of the Fly. Reinman art per Nick Caputo, November 2016.

I Live In Fear (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed)

Inks

Bob Powell ? (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

L-36

Synopsis

A reporter regrets getting his scientist friend to test out his invisibility ray on him when he detects non-human invisible creatures following humans around. When they detect him, they pursue him, and the reporter fears for his life. When the ray wears off the scientist tells him the creatures he saw must have been an effect of the ray, but the reporter doesn't believe so and expresses concerns as to what the creatures were.

Reprints

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #154 (January 1957)

Behind the Veil (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Herb Familton (signed)

Inks

Herb Familton (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

J-810

Reprints

• from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)

A Monster Waits Outside!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-876

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Maj. Ford

Synopsis

An astronaut is sent into orbit in a tiny sphere without communication. He sees a monster trying to claw its way in and panics, signalling ground control to bring him back. They think that it was a hallucination, but they find a broken claw on the spacecraft.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person. This story was retold with some differences in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961) as "The Insect Man" drawn by Jack Kirby. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Lizard (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks

Dave Berg (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

J-814

Reprints

• from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)

My Nightmare Has No End! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Job Number

[T-874]

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man meets an extradimensional being in his nightmares. The being tells him that the world he comes from is a paradise, but boring, and offers to switch places. The man agrees, but the traveller wakes up to find that he entered the dreams of a prisoner.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960)

Indexer Notes

This story was reprinted as "I Am the Beast Man!" in Fantasy Masterpieces #4. This story was also retold in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #94 (March 1962) as "He Came from Nowhere!" by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and George Tuska, but with the alien having the last laugh. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.