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Issue: Tales of Suspense #24
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #24 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/05/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in September 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover) ; pages of comic not numbered.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1961, page 365, registration number B923811.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In15
Disclose Reprinted From2
reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Insect Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mason
First Line: We have caught him!!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #26 published January 1962
as Insect Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Tales of Suspense #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Insect Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mason; Tabor (pet of the telepathic insect)
First Line: Science and fantasy! Each day they become more alike!
Synopsis: A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation. He is attacked by a telepathic insect. They blame the experience on stress, but a piece of the insect is on the pod.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #26 published January 1962
as The Insect Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #19 published January 1973
as The Insect Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Insect Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-397
Disclose Notes: This story is an altered retelling of "A Monster Waits Outside!!" drawn by Steve Ditko from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960). Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
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Mystery Pupil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
Synopsis: A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystic #52 published October 1956
was Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystic #52 published October 1956
was Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-382
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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Beware...the Ticking Clocks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): King Linus; Claudius Zemu; Klugari
First Line: Many were the mystic powers of ancient monarchs, but no man...
Synopsis: A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is magicked into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #19 published January 1973
as Beware... the Ticking Clocks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1–4, 6
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #11 published September 1973
as Beware... The Ticking Clocks [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1–4, 6
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Beware...the Ticking Clocks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-398
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Something Lurks in the Fog!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Sam Farrow
First Line: I know you're out there waiting--watching--but you won't get me!
Synopsis: An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #19 published January 1973
as Something Lurks in the Fog! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #18 published January 1975
as Something Lurks in the Fog [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Something Lurks in the Fog! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-399
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Long Live the King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): King Kim; Queen Sari; Prince Rujak
First Line: Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom, nestled deep...
Synopsis: A greedy prince marries a dowager queen. He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #19 published January 1973
as Long Live the King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Annual #1 published November 1975
as Long Live The King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Long Live the King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-390
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5). The last page includes a promo tag "Like this type of story? Then don't miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" comics -- On sale NOW!" for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. The same promo tag appears in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75-82, Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #92-99, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24-32 and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #26-33.

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