Tales of Suspense #16

(April 1961)

The Thing Called Metallo!, Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Ray Holloway ?

Job Number

V-110

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our tale begins with the midnight stillness of a prison being...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Metallo [Mike Fallon]

Synopsis

An escaped convict tests a radiation-proof suit under a fake name. When he realizes the suit’s power, he uses it to go on a crime spree. When he finds that he has a disease only treatable by radiation he stays in the suit to die rather than be captured.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #9 (1963 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #31 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #26 (January 1974) [part 1]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

Keywords

octopus

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 6).

The Holiday (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-790

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zed was as excited as any youngster in Unitia on that...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Zed; Zack; Zed's mother

Synopsis

A boy celebrates the turn of the millenium with a special trip to the moon.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #40 (October 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). This story is set at the end of the 29th century. The first page is split with the statement of ownership.

Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-110

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The deadly rocket goes higher--higher--until it hovers a scant...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Metallo [Mike Fallon]

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #31 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #26 (January 1974) [part 2]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

Keywords

First National Bank; San Francisco

Indexer Notes

Story is pages 11-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 7 to 13).

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average circulation per issue October 1959–September 1960 (issues #8–14): 148,929. This shares the first page of "The Holiday".

Nightmare! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Joe Rosen

Job Number

V-109

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They're comin' closer!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John Larson; Dunstan Kromm

Synopsis

A man scoffs at his friend’s idea that a nightmare could last forever, causing him to storm out, drive off the road and die. He wakes up having the same conversation, in a nightmare loop.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #19, #70, #149 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #186 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Hands of Hogarr! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-116

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I warned him, but he wouldn't listen to me!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Carl Gruko; Hogarr; Inspector Baynard

Synopsis

A fugitive forces a gypsy to give him a new face, but he is captured because it is the same face as his pursuer.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #2, #203 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).