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Issue: Tales of Suspense #31
Publication Date: July 1962
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Issues: #31 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: 04/10/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1962, page 175, registration number B964110.
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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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In15
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Monster in the Iron Mask

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monster in the Iron Mask
First Line: We can never stop the monster without removing his iron mask!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #28 published January 1965
as The Monster in the Iron Mask [Illustration on Cover, Front]modified
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #149 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Tales of Suspense #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Monster in the Iron Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monster in the Iron Mask; Bobby; Mr. Lane; Bobby's father
First Line: The only way to save the world, was to learn the secret of the iron mask!!
Synopsis: A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #18 [unnamed variant] published August 1975
as The Monster in the Iron Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #58 published May 1976
as Le monstre au masque de fer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Le monstre au masque de fer!", French translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Monster in the Iron Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-714
Disclose Notes: The bottom of pages 3 and 6 include copy advertising the new Hulk comic.
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Time Machine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: I think the first time I really began to think seriously about the...
Synopsis: A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystic #57 published March 1957
was Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-85]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person.
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The Man Who Found Shangri-La!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Harry Drumm; Paul Drumm; Mrs. Drumm
First Line: What was the secret of Shangri-La... a secret so...
Synopsis: A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La. He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #11 published August 1975
as The Man Who Found Shangri-La! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Man Who Found Shangri-La! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-715
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The Crackpot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mister Smythe; Elias Poole
First Line: You can never tell what will throw a guy!
Synopsis: An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #17 [unnamed variant] published June 1975
as The Crackpot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #55 published February 1976
as "Le cinglé" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Crackpot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #88 published ?
as The Crackpot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Missing Link!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Was he really half-man and half-ape??
Synopsis: Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #36 published July 1975
as The Missing Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Missing Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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