Tales of Suspense #34 [British]

(October 1962)

I Found the Girl in the Blue Glass Bottle! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Terry Szenics

Job Number

V-850

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Little did I dream that the fantastic female figure within the...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Elias Poole

Synopsis

A curio shop owner uses an ancient magic bottle to shrink people, but one of his victims turns the magic of the bottle on him and escapes, as the shop owner shrinks to nothing.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #35 (1963)
• in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #2/1968 (1968)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #133 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 (July 1973)
• in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #4 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #216 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Tricky Travel (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-19

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was unbelievable to hear Eli Twiddle tell his customers at the...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy; Eli Twiddle's wife

Synopsis

A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #48 (August 1956)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Forbidden World! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-851

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We are certain to encounter many problems when we achieve space travel...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John; Eric

Synopsis

A space patrol find an alien world surrounded by a strange mist. They are fired on by the inhabitants and plan to retaliate, but realize too late that they were trying to keep them from the deadly mist surrounding the planet.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
• in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #8/1967
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #32, #87
• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #18 (15. december 1967)
• in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #3 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #171 ([circa 1977 - 1978])
• in Star Wars Weekly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #89 (7 November 1979)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #245 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Keywords

anti-matter mist

Indexer Notes

The last page advertises the Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).

The Coming of the Giants! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (signed)

Inks

Don Heck (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Terry Szenics

Job Number

V-852

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The time is a few years in the future!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The humanity of the near future grow proud as they approach space travel, but when alien giants arrive they are only saved from conquest because they are too tiny to notice.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #23
• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #2 (1962)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #86 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #23 (May 1973)
which is reprinted
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #25 (juillet 1973)
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (décembre 1976) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #180 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #193 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Who Am I? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

[V-853]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Suppose you found yourself wandering the streets alone one day, not knowing who you were!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Death

Synopsis

A man finds himself lost in a fog with no idea who he is. He is approached by a stranger who offers to help him through hypnosis. The hypnosis recovers his lost memory and he realizes that he was a circus performer who has died from a fall from the high wire. The stranger is revealed as Death who was delayed from their appointed meeting and is here to usher him into the next world.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #81
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #23
• in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #3/1968
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #16
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #86 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
• in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4 (4e trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #150 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Keywords

Limbo

Indexer Notes

Job number discovered via original artwork.