Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition]

([August] 2010)

Credits/Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Adams

Letters:

Typeset

[Tales of Suspense #21] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Klagg

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)

Klagg!, Part 1 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby [as K] (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers [as A] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-289

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Klagg; Philip; Claire

Synopsis:

Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth. The hero of the story convinces communist agents to pool their forces with the democracies in an effort to present a united front against Klagg. The effort is successful because the fact the various nations were able to set aside their differences and band together convinces Klagg to give up his campaign of destruction and leave Earth.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)

Klagg, Part 2 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Klagg; Philip; Claire

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)

Sdrawkcab (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Tartaglione

Inks:

John Tartaglione

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

K-18

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Oston Trams; Mrs. Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross

Synopsis:

An extraordiinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #58 (May 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #50 (August 1956) [as "Sdrawkcab"]

Whose Face Is in the Mirror? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-288

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe Kane

Synopsis:

A man wakes up in the morning and sees a stranger's face in the mirror and then it shatters. He tries looking into another mirror and the same thing happens. He looks into a full length mirror and it happens a third time. He makes his way to work, avoiding mirrors, until he stands before the elevator. When the door opens, the man whose face he has seen is standing inside producing a terror-stricken reaction. Our hero runs away, and the puzzled man leaves the elevator which cable snaps, sending it plunging down the shaft to destruction.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)

The Man From...Tomorrow! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-290

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Walter Phelps

Synopsis:

A man invents a time machine to travel back to the Roman Empire of 25 A.D. and set himself up as king, but all the present day devices he has brought back with him to prove his claims do not work without electricity, fuel, and broadcasting stations.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)

[Tales of Suspense #22] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruttu [Howard Lindley]

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)

Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-333

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson

Synopsis:

An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)

[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-333

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)

Mystery Trip (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely ?

Inks:

Joe Maneely ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

K-266

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete

Synopsis:

Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)
which is reprinted
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956)

Only One Is Human! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Robert Brown

Synopsis:

A human unit on Mars realizes that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)

The Anatomy of a Nightmare! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-309

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)

[Tales of Suspense #23] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John; Martha

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

I Entered the Dimension of Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-356

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A teenager uncovers a plot of two-dimensional beings to invade Earth by posing as a construction crew to dig a hole in the street that acts as a passageway between dimensions and thwarts their designs.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

The Wish (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-672

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)
which is reprinted
• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955)

The Creature from the Black Bog! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-357

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John; Martha

Synopsis:

A retired couple exploring the Everglades comes upon an alien who has been mired in the bog after landing to affect repairs and was making his way back to the ship. In exchange for their help in securing enough vines to pull him free of the bog, he removes their memories of the incident and makes them younger.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

Going Down! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-358

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Simon Queel; Luther Zoroni

Synopsis:

A greedy elevator operator fakes an accident to get a rich customer to give him a big tip, but the elevator falls forever as the suddenly sinister passenger promises he’ll get his reward.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

The Changeling (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-359

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John; Alana

Synopsis:

A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original home world, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is half an inch long to the Earthmen.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

[Tales of Suspense #24] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

The Insect Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-397

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

Mystery Pupil (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

K-382

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude

Synopsis:

A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)
which is reprinted
• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956)

Beware...the Ticking Clocks! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-398

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

Something Lurks in the Fog! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-399

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

Long Live the King! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-390

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

[Tales of Suspense #25] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)

The Death of Monstrollo! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-442

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)

The Heat's On (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

H-366

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]

The Unseen! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-443

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)

The Hidden Face (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-445

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Wogu

Synopsis:

An alien bigot attempts to preach hate by hiding his face under a hood. When he assaults one of the people he is defaming he flees the police to escape capture. When he attempts to remove the hood, he finds another underneath it. He tries again, and there is still another, always another hood. A policeman shakes his head sadly as he walks away from his cell, the bigot convinced he would never have been captured if not for all these hoods. He continues to remove hood after hood with his hands, but there is nothing there.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)

The Enchanted Paint! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-444

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Hans Lubnik

Synopsis:

An untalented painter gains success when a gypsy gives him magic paints, but he becomes obsessed with beauty and abandons his lover. The gypsy casts another spell, making his former love seem beautiful to him.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)

[Tales of Suspense #26] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)

It Crawls By Night! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-478

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jed Hanson; Bobby Hanson; Ann Hanson

Synopsis:

A farmer develops a plant that grows so quickly at night that it becomes a menace to all objects around it by crushing and tossing them. The farmer feels he is done for as he runs to hide behind a meteorite that fell from the sky earlier in the day, but as the plant touches the rock, it begins to shrivel and die. The farmer and his son along with the neighbors quickly use tools to break up the meteor and apply it to the plant thus saving themselves.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)

Music Master (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

G-804

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe; Gus; Angelo

Synopsis:

A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (October 1955)

Never Trust a Martian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Communist spies plan to fake a Martian invasion, but they are abducted and killed by the real Martians, afraid that their cover will be blown.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)

Seven Long Years (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-480

Content Information

Genre:

occult; crime

Characters:

Vince Jordan

Synopsis:

A racketeer breaks a mirror and gives up crime for seven years, only to break another mirror in his first robbery and be caught and sentenced to seven years.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)

The Face! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-481

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

A thief steals a ruby from an Indian Lama's temple and finds himself cursed to see the Lama's face everywhere he goes. He tries to get out of the country by train, but still finds himself pursued by the face. Panicked, he pulls the emergency stop cord on the train and leaps out. Unfortunately for him, the place he chose to stop the train happened to be just as it was crossing a high trestle bridge.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (February 1962)

[Tales of Suspense #27] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Oog

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)

Oog Lives Again! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Stan Lee

Job Number:

V-515

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Oog

Synopsis:

An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued. "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!"

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)

From Outer Space (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

G-715

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jonathan Ditmar

Synopsis:

When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955)
which is reprinted
• from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #3 (March 1952) [as "From Outer Space"]

On the Trail of the Witch! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

?

Job Number:

V-516

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Inspector Koraz

Synopsis:

A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)

John Doe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

?

Job Number:

V-517

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Prof. Blake Burke; John Doe

Synopsis:

An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend. When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)

His Name Was...Merlin! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe Cooke [The Great Nero/Merlin the Mystic]; Merlin

Synopsis:

An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks. When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. Merlin tells him that he'll be sorry and is the last to depart the theater after the magician uses his disappearing trick and is never seen again.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (March 1962)

[Tales of Suspense #28] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Captain of the Stone Men; Harry Dawes; Titan; Herman; Bruno Brugg

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Russ Heath

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-559

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John Cartwright; Titan

Synopsis:

John Cartwright, an auto executive, pretends to betray the human race to the invaders from Atlantis.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

Special Sale (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

J-932

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Marvin Kale; Paula Kale

Synopsis:

When a husband goes shopping he finds a new cleaning fluid that makes anything better than new, even him.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (August 1956)

Back from the Dead! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-560

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Harry Dawes; Captain of the Stone Men

Synopsis:

A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads. They turn out to be aliens, and take him with them as a zoo specimen.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

The Dummy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Joe Sinnott (uncredited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-561

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Great Gregory; Herman

Synopsis:

Ventriloquist the Great Gregory and his wooden puppet Herman are both wooden aliens from Uranus!

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

The Secret of the Black Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-562

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruno Brugg

Synopsis:

A man escapes from a prison planet only to mistake a native creature on another world for a rocket ship and ends up about to be devoured.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

Indexer Notes

In the foreword, Arthur Adams mentions the last panel of this story as being pornographic.

[Tales of Suspense #29] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)

The Martian Who Stole a City! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter

Synopsis:

A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)

Mystery Mansion (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

H-396

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump

Synopsis:

A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (January 1956)

Nothing Can Save Us! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-615

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Capt. Rick Marshall

Synopsis:

Trapped on a small planet, a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)

It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Mugsy Bogar

Synopsis:

Mugsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)

The Thing in the Locked Room! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Don Heck (signed)

Inks:

Don Heck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-616

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Prince Zemu

Synopsis:

Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #29 (May 1962)

[Tales of Suspense #30] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Charlie Harris; Walter Burke

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)

The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-659

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Charlie Harris; Walter Burke

Synopsis:

An amusement park owner hires an engineer to design frightening rides and works him to death. The engineer's ghost returns and takes the park owner on a deadly roller coaster ride.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)

Trouble Bubble (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

[K-160]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger

Synopsis:

A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (September 1956)

The Creature from Krangro (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Creature from Krangro

Synopsis:

An alien commander is sent to Earth to prove his courage by capturing three humans, but he accidentally takes statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)

The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck (signed)

Inks:

Don Heck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Ishmal

Synopsis:

An evil duke seeks the secret of eternal youth, and an old man in Egypt turns him into a mummy.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)

Inside the Fallout Shelter! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-662

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Mr. Clagg

Synopsis:

A selfish man builds a bomb shelter only for himself, but when a false alarm panics him he finds himself locked in for a month without a can opener to open his food.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)

[Tales of Suspense #31] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Monster in the Iron Mask

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)

The Monster in the Iron Mask! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-714

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Monster in the Iron Mask; Bobby; Mr. Lane

Synopsis:

A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)

Time Machine (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Reed Crandall

Inks:

Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

[G-85]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)
which is reprinted
• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #35 (June 1955) [as "Time Machine"]

The Man Who Found Shangri-La! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-715

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Harry Drumm; Paul Drumm

Synopsis:

A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La. He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)

The Crackpot (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck (signed)

Inks:

Don Heck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mister Smythe; Elias Poole

Synopsis:

An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)

The Missing Link! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.

Reprints:

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)