Sinister Tales #51

The Unwelcome Guest (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-3813

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steve Teller had no way of getting out of the trap!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Steve Teller

Synopsis

Steve Teller thinks he has taken refuge in a Scottish home and traveled back and forth across time, but the truth is much worse for him.

Reprints

• from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #47 (November 1964)

I Was Trapped in the Mad Universe! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Larry Lieber (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-24

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm telling the truth! Why won't anyone believe me?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tommy Jordan; Phil Jordan; Ginger

Synopsis

A boy finds a device from the future that transports him to an alternate dimension with nearly identical versions of him and his family.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #40 (February 1963)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Stéphane Petit, November 2007. Simek letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Duffy.

The Day That Ant-Man Failed! (Table of Contents: 3)

Ant-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Larry Lieber (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Sol Brodsky (credited)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number

X-23

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our startling Ant-Man tale begins with Henry Pym!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hijacker [Howard Mitchell]

Synopsis

Ant-Man investigates a series of hijackings. He pretends to be sick to lure the hijacker into the open, and finds out that it's the owner of the armored car company.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #40 (February 1963)

Keywords

Mitchell Armored Truck Co.; Police; Private Guard

The Footprints (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Letters

?

Job Number

H-493

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was sure of what he saw,

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Freddy; his mum; his dad

Synopsis

A boy looks for elves under a rock but his mother convinces him to stop believing in them and so loses out on a great fortune when the elves transmute the stones that the boy has left into gold nuggets.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #44 (February 1956)

Mysterious Trial (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My name's Dr. Ben Ormsby, psychiatrist

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Glenn Ormsby; Helen Verral; Hal Verral; Martin Verral

Reprints

• from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #48 (June-July 1966)
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #100 (September 1958) [retitled]

The Green Hat (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-537

First Line of Dialogue or Text

George is a guy who knows more about flying saucers and Mars men

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Axtel; George; Chuck

Synopsis

A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.

Reprints

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955)

Come Out Shooting! (Table of Contents: 7)

Nemesis / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here it is --- a blazing yarn of the old west

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nemesis [Steve Flint]; Lita Craig; Grim Reaper; Tex Ransome; Amy Stevens; Hutch Carver

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #165 (June-July 1966)

There Were 3 Victims! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Letters

?

Job Number

J-994

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The court was crowded that hot day in July, 1944!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Frank Sutton; Lieutenant Warner; Lieutenant Vance; Lieutenant Ridley; Harvey Dodd (fugitive); Matt Axly (fugitive); Joe Carver(fugitive); Knute Jones(fugitive)

Synopsis

Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)

The Gorilla from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It had all started out as a gag, but sometimes even a...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mike Mullins

Synopsis

A ventriloquist makes it seem that a gorilla is talking, and finds out that the gorilla really is a sentient alien.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #36 (December 1962)

They Vanished Forever! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)

Letters

Dick Ayers

Job Number

V-728

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How can men vanish, yet still be here?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Captain William Reynolds; Thomas Clark; Flying Dutchman; Ghosts

Synopsis

Sailors find the "Flying Dutchman" and take the ship's gold, despite the pleas of the ghost crew. They are turned into ghosts to replace that crew, leaving the man who refused the gold unharmed.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #98 (July 1962)

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