Sinister Tales #56

Oh, Perfect Crime! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard O'Donnell (signed)

Inks

Howard O'Donnell (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

K-498

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's just floating in mid-air!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A sleezy booking agent uses a teleporter to get rich quick.

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #31 (December 1956)

Witchcraft in the Wax Museum! (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee; Steve Ditko (co-plot)

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-665

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is well! I can detect no supernatural forces menacing earth at this time!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]

Synopsis

A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #121 (June 1964)

The Last Seconds of Ken Stewart (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Inks

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

K-980

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stewart! I've called you in here alone to save you spot of embarrassment!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Oliver Crane; Ken Stewart

Synopsis

As a man falls out a window he travels back in time a day and changes history.

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (February 1957)

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Man Who Didn't Belong (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

K-514

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steve! Don't go down there!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Steve Donner; Jim; Rex Donner; Evelyn; Denise Wallace

Synopsis

Steve rescues Rex from inside the cyclotron but he has no memory of where he came from. Steve starts to resent how perfect Rex seems and how everyone likes him. Eventually Rex steps back into the cyclotron and vanishes. Steve tells his story to Denise then recognizes her as Rex's mother! He realizes Rex was his son from the future and that he can be proud of Rex's achievements.

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #31 (December 1956)

Keywords

cyclotron; time travel

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Inside the Whirlpool (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Letters

?

Job Number

J-813

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Morgan! That black valise is missing from my desk!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Morgan Armstrong; Ezra Worth; Beth Armstrong; Professor Nordwick

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956)

Indexer Notes

This story's plot is similar to Star Trek's "Mirror, Mirror" but the depicted events are used to make a thief feel shameful of his behavior.
Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.

The Sea Serpent! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Letters

?

Job Number

K-33

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a dozen times longer than our liner, Captain!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Captain Adams

Synopsis

A friendly sea serpent.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #38 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Mike Esposito Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.

Odd Skills (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely

Inks

Joe Maneely

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-216

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a man who has been very competent suddenly becomes slipshod, there's usually a reason.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Jim Branner; Bill Toney

Synopsis

The manager of an auto parts shop develops a sudden tolerance for "human variation" in parts, possibly linked to otherworldly strangers in the shop at night.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961)
which is reprinted
• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (May 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Eye Over the City (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Benulis

Inks

Bill Benulis

Letters

?

Job Number

G-664

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Monitoring headquarters to car thirty-two!

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955)

The Doll House! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Gene Colan (signed)

Inks

Gene Colan (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

F-786

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nancy Carlton is twelve years old, and if anyone wants to find her, they can always be certain she's watching the handsome two-family house!

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Now that she's twelve, a girl's parents think she is too old for her dollhouse, so they put it in the attic. Ten years later, when the woman is married and moved back into the house, she is surprised to find the dolls appear as if they have aged ten years.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #23 (March 1955)

The Payoff (Table of Contents: 10)

Kid Montana / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

S-4853

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's him - - he looks mean, don't he?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kid Montana; Joe Crane

Reprints

• from Kid Montana (Charlton, 1957 series) #18 (July 1959)

The Fury of Nick Foster! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

K-79

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My lines! They're fouled on those rock formations!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Nick Foster; Spaulding

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #33 (April 1957)

The Crazy Car! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

F-274

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't believe it! You're trying to make a fool of me!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Stranger on the street (car engine inventor, death); Kurt Baxter (villain, death)

Synopsis

When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune.....or so HE thinks!

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (December 1954)

Thelma! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita (signed)

Inks

John Romita (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

G652

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Please, Leslie, take your doll from here!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A doll looks for lonely girls.

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955)

The Missing Nail! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Letters

?

Job Number

L-805

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good-bye, darling!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Warren Avedon; Mrs. Avedon; Peter Varley (blacksmith)

Reprints

• from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (June 1957)