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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1
Publication Date: October 2006
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)
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Variant: Regular Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 280
ISBN: 0785123539
UPC/EAN: 978078512353854999
Price: $80.00 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 74 (59 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier (collection editor); Stan Lee (original editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #1-10.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Editions
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Brought Cyclops Back to Life!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Pages: 1
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Credits/Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 3
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael J. Vassallo
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 4
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Tales of Suspense #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was I Dared to Explore the Unknown Emptiness! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Strangers from Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Williamson (signed)
Inker(s): Al Williamson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): General Krenkle; Lieutenant Morrow
Synopsis: In the future an alien ship arrives and lands at the world capital. The alien’s human form calms hostility and allows peaceful contact. The alien really projected an image to pacify bigotry.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was The Strangers from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-100
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The Newshound

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Snoop Scooper; Marsha Marlow
Synopsis: A reporter with an uncanny nose and a woman with keen hearing and become the blueprints for a new breed of journalists.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was The Newshound [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-241
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I Dared Explore the Unknown Emptiness!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Frank Stevens
Synopsis: In the 25th-century, humans use a new cobalt fuel in their search for a colony world to relieve overpopulation. They find that humans can only flourish on Earth, and should appreciate it more.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was I Dared Explore the Unknown Emptiness! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-95
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The Day I Left My Body!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Buscema
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Wells; Martin Shaw; Ellen Shaw
Synopsis: A prisoner accidentally gains a psychic hold on a lawyer. He forces the lawyer to work constantly on his appeal, but fatigue hurts the lawyer’s oratory and the murderer is sentenced to death.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was The Day I Left My Body! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-567
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He Fled in the Night

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Robinson Crusoe
Synopsis: A restless clerk leaves England for a life at sea, thinking that he will found an empire in the Pacific. Robinson Crusoe, the clerk, is sure his voyage will make his fortune.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was He Fled in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-96
Disclose Notes: Unknown art per Michael J. Vassallo. Masterworks incorrectly identifies Larry Lieber.
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Prisoner of the Satellites!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mark Coren; Zak; Ozt
Synopsis: Aliens launch satellites that shrink objects on Earth in preparation for an invasion, but the humans harness the power of cosmic rays to reverse the effects and the aliens abandon the plan.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #1 published January 1959
was Prisoner of the Satellites! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-107
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Tales of Suspense #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Roderic Zante
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was Robot in Hiding [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Invasion from Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Alien ships appear over Earth, causing panic. After a failed military strike, the world's leaders disarm at the advice of an old astronomer, who had actually faked the ships to create unity.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was Invasion from Outer Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-144
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The Sorcerer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton
Synopsis: A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was The Sorcerer [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: H-203
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Trapped in Yesterday!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jason Grubb; Prof. Harvey Wilkes
Synopsis: A disgruntled janitor uses a time machine to travel to King Arthur's time to pose as a sorcerer using technology. None of it works independently, and he is forced to mop up the great hall.
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was Trapped in Yesterday! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-129
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The Planet That Wasn't There!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Heath
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Elizabeth
Synopsis: The world president insists on missions to find a hidden planet, always leading to failure. When his daughter is killed aboard the latest rocket, the attempts to reach "Earth" are abandoned.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was The Planet That Wasn't There! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-148
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The Secret of Planet "X"!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Josef Kluge; Kirov
Synopsis: A dictator conquers an alien world full of unresisting people. He quickly finds that they are already slaves of the sentient plants, which now also control him through their spores.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was The Secret of Planet "X"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-113
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A Robot in Hiding!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Roderic Zante; Mr. Hartnell; Mrs. Hartnell; Billy Hartnell
Synopsis: When robots are banned, one robot escapes and sneaks into the palace of the dictator who ordered it. He deactivates the leader by pushing a button, since he was actually a rogue robot.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #2 published March 1959
was A Robot in Hiding! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-145
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Tales of Suspense #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Buscema
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
was The Aliens Who Captured Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Terrible Time Machine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ashley Hunt
Synopsis: A scientist travels back in time to ancient Egypt and loses his memory after a paradoxical encounter with himself, or at least that's the story an Egyptian man dreamed after hitting his head.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
was The Terrible Time Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-198
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The Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, occult
Character(s): Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks
Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
was The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-707
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The Thing from Planet X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Space explorers fall under the mental sway of a sentient plant that they collect. After destroying the ship to save Earth, they say the crash was accidental, since they wouldn’t be believed.
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was The Thing from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Robot Hater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vincent Latimer
Synopsis: A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life.
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was Robot Hater! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-204
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The Haunted House!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Collins; Duke Warren
Synopsis: Two fugitives hide in an old house, disguising themselves as ghosts to frighten away children. They themselves flee the house because of ghostly noises made by fifth-dimensional beings.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
was The Haunted House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Aliens Who Conquered Earth

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Darius Christopher
Synopsis: Alien invaders panic Earth with powerful distintegrating weapons, but when the president of Earth confronts them he is immune to their rays because of his own faith.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
was The Aliens Who Conquered Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-196
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person.
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Tales of Suspense #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Geroko
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #4 published July 1959
was One of Us Is a Martian! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Invisible Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott [as JS] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott [as JS] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hendrik Muir; Igor Zetaxas
Synopsis: A scientist is forced to work for a dictator but, instead of creating an invisibility ray as ordered, creates a teleportation ray that banishes his top officers and allows a revolution.
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was The Invisible Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Snowstorm

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Dawson; Mr. Manfredy
Synopsis: A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #4 published July 1959
was Snowstorm [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-866
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One of Our Spacemen Is Missing!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lester Wells; Jim Stack; Ralph; Fred; Bob
Synopsis: A space explorer ignores his partner's caution and leads a party out into a seemingly safe world. They all disappear, captured by intelligent trees, and the more cautious explorer rescues them.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #4 published July 1959
was One of Our Spacemen Is Missing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-270
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The Voice of Doom!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Fred Sanders
Synopsis: A ham radio operator believes he is receiving reports of an extraterrestrial battle, but he is actually receiving the thought waves of ants.
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was The Voice of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-278
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Beware of the...Robots!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Williamson (signed)
Inker(s): Al Williamson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Hughes
Synopsis: A man writes anti-robot articles about his replacement at a factory by a robot. He becomes a famous writer, and realizes that the robot actually freed him to pursue his true calling.
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was Beware of the...Robots! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-275
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One of Us Is a Martian!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dave Oren; Geroko; Claire
Synopsis: A Martian spy is sent to sabotage a human rocket, but he destroys a toy instead, since Martians are only an inch tall.
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was One of Us Is a Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-263
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Tales of Suspense #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eric Lansing
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #5 published September 1959
was Tunnel to Nowhere! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I Became a Human Robot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gammus
Synopsis: An alien spy places his mind in a robot sent to Earth, hoping to be taken in for study. He gains access to data on Earth technology, but the scientists turn his robot body off, trapping him.
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was I Became a Human Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-336
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The Masterpiece

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Claude Duval; M. Finnault; Mme. Fleury
Synopsis: A portrait painter is determined to paint a landscape, and eventually disappears into it.
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was The Masterpiece [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: G-864
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I Fought the Tyrannosaurus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kate; Rod
Synopsis: A couple vacationing in Africa find a dinosaur egg that hatches a live tyrannosaur. The dinosaur terrifies the villagers, but eventually dies in a landslide.
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was I Fought the Tyrannosaurus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-345
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I Walk Thru Walls!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A criminal accidentally makes a teleporter and uses it to commit incredible burglaries, until a clever cop sets a trap for him.
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was I Walk Thru Walls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-346
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I Travelled Thru Time!!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vladamir Gorki; Professor Pskov; Benedict Arnold
Synopsis: A foreign spy escapes capture by using a time machine to flee to the 18th century, but finds that he has assumed the identity of Benedict Arnold and will be executed in his place.
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was I Travelled Thru Time!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: T-347
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I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eric Lansing; Makka
Synopsis: An engineer attempts to build a tunnel from America to Europe but it is destroyed by inhuman creatures living in an undersea city.
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was I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-340
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Tales of Suspense #6

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Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Charley
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Charley
Synopsis: A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it. When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child.
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was I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Lady Luck

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck
Synopsis: A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was Lady Luck [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-377
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I Was Captured by the Cyclops!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Mr. Sloane; Sinbad
Synopsis: A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops. He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was I Was Captured by the Cyclops! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-391
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The Mutants and Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Marsh; Vincent Farnsworth
Synopsis: A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was The Mutants and Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-395
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Who Hides Beneath My Mask?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): "Hard Luck" Harry; Mr. Craddock
Synopsis: A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face and changed to match his mask.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was Who Hides Beneath My Mask? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-392
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The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #6 published November 1959
was The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-387
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Tales of Suspense #7

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank Harper; lava man
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Fought the Molten Man-Thing! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Come from the Shadow World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Casey
Synopsis: An invader from the shadow world is defeated by a room of lights rigged up by an electrician.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Come from the Shadow World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-474
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Odd Skills

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was Odd Skills [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-216
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I Know the Power of...the Genie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Nancy; Tommy
Synopsis: A little girl summons a genie to punish adults after she is spanked. The genie eventually erases all people, but the girl gets lonely and asks him to bring them back, which he does, before leaving forever.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Know the Power of...the Genie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-488
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My Name Is... Robot X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Robot X; Joseph Kane
Synopsis: A criminal forces his robot assistant to help him commit crimes, but he is captured when the robot rusts and is jammed during a robbery.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was My Name Is... Robot X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-450
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I Was Trapped Inside the Martian Maze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Willy; Alice; Gen. Rufus G. Harrington; Prof. Arnold Wolsey
Synopsis: The Martians force anyone wanting to trade with them to solve a puzzle. All of the scientists sent there fail, but the ship's steward realizes that the trick is done with a simple treadmill.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Was Trapped Inside the Martian Maze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-489
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I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank Harper
Synopsis: An airline pilot goes on vacation after a traumatic crash, but witness a volcanic eruption and strange creature. He uses a wind tunnel to drive the lava-covered creature back beneath the surface.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Fought the Molten Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-484
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Tales of Suspense #8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monstro
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was He Lives! He Moves! He's Monstro! The Menace from the Murky Depths! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Monstro...The Menace from the Murky Depths!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monstro; Prof. Faraday
Synopsis: A giant octopus appears in the harbour of a communist seaport. An American marine biologist is sent to help, and finds that it is an ordinary octopus enlarged by communist nuclear tests, and will shrink back in 24 hours.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was Monstro... the Menace from the Murky Depths! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: T-566
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The Story of Sammy Snork!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sammy Snork
Synopsis: A criminal accidently boards a Martian flying saucer and ends up on display in a zoo.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was The Story of Sammy Snork! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: T-574
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I Am the Changing Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ozak; Les Page; Agent Craig
Synopsis: A shape-changing alien assumes the identity of trusted figures to sow panic. He is caught when he assumes the form of a dog he sees on a poster, not noticing that it is on a space flight for the next year.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was I Am the Changing Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-568
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The Recipe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Josie
Synopsis: A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was The Recipe [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-338
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The Runaway Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Doug Wildey
Inker(s): Doug Wildey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ludwig Hauptmann
Synopsis: A professor believes that a planet on a collision course will not destroy Earth because of the power that governs the universe. The planet is actually a spaceship come to greet the humans.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was The Runaway Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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It Walks by Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Living Robot [John]
Synopsis: Robots are outlawed after a series of malfunctions. One man builds a robot in secret, he is found out and the robot destroyed but the man, a robot in disguise, escapes.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #8 published March 1960
was It Walks by Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-573
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Tales of Suspense #9

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Diablo
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was Diablo! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Diablo; Ulysses Bloodstone (unnamed, identified in later retcon)
Synopsis: An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: T-631
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The Mirror

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Bruce Morton; Miss Coleman
Synopsis: A wealthy but unhappy man is motivated to change his life by the vision of his past that he sees in his mirror.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was The Mirror [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-762
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The Wrath of Chondu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Doug Wildey
Inker(s): Doug Wildey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Chondu [Harvey Schlerman] (introduction); Joe Parker
Synopsis: A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was The Wrath of Chondu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: T-624
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Time on My Hands!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man steals a time machine to learn how to get rich but is stranded when he accidently leaves it in a garbage incinerator.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was Time on My Hands! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: T-626
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Earth Will Be Destroyed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was Earth Will Be Destroyed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-641
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The Return of the Living Robot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Living Robot [John]; Cyril Stretford
Synopsis: The fugitive robot impersonates a prominent MP to lift the robot ban. The MP escapes and defeats the robot with his bare hands, since he is also a robot, secretly protecting humanity.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was The Return of the Living Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-627
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Tales of Suspense #10

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Brought Cyclops Back to Life!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I Brought the Mighty Cyclops Back to Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda
Synopsis: A young couple thaw out a cyclops in an iceberg, and must lure it into an icy pit to keep it from hurting anyone.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Brought the Mighty Cyclops Back to Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: T-689
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Out of the Jungle

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Anthony Jones; Johnny
Synopsis: A man runs into the descendant of gorillas that immigrated from the jungle to America.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was Out of the Jungle [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: A-1001
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I Was Trapped in Nightmare Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Savage
Synopsis: An explorer encounters sentient, extraterrestrial trees in Asian mountains. They plan to spread their pollen all over the Earth, but they are fortuitously destroyed by a volcano.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Was Trapped in Nightmare Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: T-694
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Behind My Door Waits...Medusa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Medusa
Synopsis: A curio shop owner tells customers that a strange statue is a burglar turned to stone by Medusa. No one believes him, but none dare open the door which he says leads to Medusa.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was Behind My Door Waits...Medusa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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I Am the Shaggy Creature

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Phillips; Gargantus
Synopsis: A scientist transforms himself into a gorilla to hide from the police, but his gorilla brain forgets how to use the antidote.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Am the Shaggy Creature [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-690
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Special Bonus: Stan Lee letter to Dick Ayers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's letter of praise to Dick Ayers for his inking work over Jack Kirby on Tales of Suspense #8 "Monstro". Letter dated 8/25/59.
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Tales of Suspense #9 Page 1 Original Art: The Return of the Living Robot!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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