Tales of Suspense
#19
[British]
(July 1961)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price and cover month removed.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #19.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #19.
The Green Thing!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is now midnight!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Green Thing
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29, #192 ([circa 1980 - 1981]) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008) - in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
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The Green Thing!, Part 1
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-216
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ever since it happened, I've been as nervous--as fearful--as a condemned man!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Green Thing; Ignatius Rex
- Synopsis
- A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants. He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972) [part 1]
-
in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (2e trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
Lady Luck
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-377
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lester counted up all his cards and gave the number to the scorekeeper.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck
- Synopsis
- A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
[The Green Thing!], Part 2
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-216
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I made a horrible, deadly mistake!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Green Thing; Ignatius Rex
- Reprints
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972) [part 2]
- in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (2e trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in Monsters Unleashed Prelude (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is pages 11-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 7 to 13).
The Haunted Paper!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-213
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nick Rover was always just one step ahead of the law!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Nick Rover [Mr. Nicholas]; Olef
- Synopsis
- A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front. When his typesetter changes the headlines from what they should read into what actually happens in the near future, he realizes he's got a goldmine, but the typesetter refuses to tell him how he can accurately predict the future. The criminal threatens to fire and blacklist the typesetter if he doesn't come clean, and the next headline he sets tells of an accident happening to the newspaper owner. Panicked, he turns himself in to the police so that he will be safe in jail, which is what the typesetter wanted all along.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #92
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972) which is reprinted
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #6 (Marzo 1975) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #157 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #52 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #191 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Coming of Maaboo!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-217
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some people call me a soldier of fortune, others more rightly figure me for...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Charlie Wilkes; Maaboo
- Synopsis
- A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien. The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #92
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972)
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #40 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Burma
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Green Thing!
-
1.
The Green Thing!, Part 1
-
2.
Lady Luck
-
3.
[The Green Thing!], Part 2
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4.
The Haunted Paper!
-
5.
The Coming of Maaboo!
This issue was modified by
- David Bruce
- Steve Coates
- Jay Flash
- Jim Stangas
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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