Tense Suspense #2

(February 1959)

To Be Young Again! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Dick Ayers

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Henry Forrest; Ainsley

Synopsis

Scientist Ainsley invents a youth serum at the Forrest Research Foundation. Owner Henry Forrest secretly injects the serum and is turned into a newborn baby.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white

Too Late! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 219

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Emanuel Maxwell; Gretchen; Hans

Synopsis

Emanuel Maxwell, a brilliant scientist, goes to a mountain resort for rest. He falls in love with Gretchen. Her companion, Hans, taunts Maxwell into climbing a mountain with him. They are falling into a crevasse when Maxwell wakes from a dream with a climbing rope around his waist. He plans to lead a rescue party to Hans, then propose to Gretchen.

Don't Throw That Switch (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 221

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Frank; Lester

Synopsis

Mad scientist Lester invents a "Gravity Suspendor". His college friend Frank rushes to stop him. A flash of lightning supposedly stops Lester from activating the device. Lester gets a mental block and forgets the whole project. In the last panel, Lester's house and Frank's car are slowly settling back to Earth.

The First (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Bill Jensen [captain]; Marie Jensen [chemist]; Dr. Brant ; Helen Brant [zoologist]; Sally Marks [biologist]; Frank Marks [navigator]

Synopsis

A space ship carrying three married couples, all scientists, overshoots the moon and lands on Mars. They discover that Mars is habitable.

They Come to the Canyon (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 213

Characters

Mr. Baxter; Mr. Hodges

Synopsis

Mr. Baxter, a circus owner, hires Mr. Hodges, a guide, to find a race of giants. The search is actually part of a giant's nightmare.

Reprints

• in Garganta's Thrilling Science (AC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)

Indexer Notes

Cover story

Strange (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 266

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man who casts no shadow marries a woman who casts no shadow, then leaves her when he discovers that she also has no mirror reflection.

Gratitude on a Very Dark Night (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 228

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John Dunn

Synopsis

Old John Dunn is kind to everyone, even his scarecrow. He withdraws all of his savings to give to his granddaughter for her wedding. A robber who plans to steal it fails when he is terrorized by the scarecrow's shadow -- on a moonless night!

Both of Me in Budapest! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 170

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Ivan Kreisler

Synopsis

Mad scientist Ivan Kreisler invents a beam that makes a duplicate of himself that he can telepathically direct by staying perfectly immobile. While directing the duplicate to rob a bank, he is struck by a police van driven by a technician who is tracking the telepathic waves.

Rendezvous (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Dick Ayers

Genre

non-fiction; horror-suspense

Synopsis

An automobile makes its rendezvous with a speeding train. The driver is a crash test dummy, demonstrating to the four shadowy figures (and the reader) not to ignore the stop signs at railroad crossings.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white

The Last Robot (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Newman ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

S 277

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A bald, monocled leader destroys the special investigator robot that was manufactured to destroy all other robots, saving mankind from robotic dominance.

Indexer Notes

Back cover