World of Suspense #5

(December 1956)

While Simon Slept...! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-738

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How could they believe him?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Simon Miller; Mrs. Miller

Synopsis

Simon tells the police how his matter duplicator created a perfect duplicate of himself who's taken over his life. A policeman comes with him to see evidence, but the duplicate claims to be Simon's twin brother. The duplicate runs to the basement and when the policeman follows, the matter duplicator duplicates him.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #233 ([circa 1987 - 1988])

Keywords

matter duplicator

By the Dark of the Moon (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

John Giunta

Inks

John Giunta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-765

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who was the green-skinned creature...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Luther Krohler; Erik Lubek; Mr. Lubek; Charles Reuse; Fred Reuse; Lena Norden

Synopsis

Luther is asked to expose the person believed to be descended from aliens who allegedly landed 200 years ago and resume their true appearance only by moonlight. Luther tries to frame Fred as the alien as revenge on Fred's father for marrying the woman he loved, only to find Luther himself is the alien, without realizing it. Luther is imprisoned and apologizes for the deception.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Menace Below! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck

Pencils

John Romita

Inks

John Romita

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-769

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Americans were testing something...

Genre

spy

Characters

Karlin

Synopsis

Karlin is being shown US weapons but is told he can't see a new underwater device. Karlin sneaks back at night in a diving suit to examine the device, not realizing its a new anti-frog man mine which will explode at the slightest touch.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #158 ([circa 1975 - 1976])

Indexer Notes

Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas…

The Men in Glass! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-760

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Joe had only been in America for three months...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Joe Martel; Zarki; Winslow

Synopsis

Martel is attending his first banquet when Zarki attacks. Martel offers to switch sides, but he sings "the Star-Spangled Banner" and his high-pitched tones shatter the glass in Zarki and his men's helmets, knocking them out because they can't breathe oxygen.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #120 ([circa 1971])

The Mind-Reader (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-672

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wishing doesn't always make it so...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton

Synopsis

A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955) [as "The Mind-Reader"]
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46

The Lead-Lined Box! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Chuck Miller

Inks

Chuck Miller

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-747

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was as if all mankind's egos...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Hugo Steiner; Hans

Synopsis

Hans brings Hugo a newborn in a lead-lined box which Hugo places beneath his memory-visualizer, hoping to prove newborns have purity within them, but all he sees are images of man's hatred toward others. Hugo destroys his device so no one else will know, not realizing the "newborn" in the box is a newborn puppy.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #158 ([circa 1975 - 1976])

Keywords

memory-visualizer

The Brain Trap! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler ?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-860

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Harry Hoyt was a chemist...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Harry Hoyt; Earle Bolton; Nan Hoyt

Synopsis

Harry accidentally creates a hair growth formula and looks for a business partner, only to discover the formula has also given him telepathy and Bolton wants him dead. The telepathy helps Henry save his life and then he destroys the formula.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #158 ([circa 1975 - 1976])

Keywords

telepathy

Indexer Notes

Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, no.5, May 2017. Nick notes this may be a re-titled Wessler story credited in his record books as "I Steal Your Thoughts" written in March 1956.