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Issue: Tales of Suspense #9
Publication Date: May 1960
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Issues: #9 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Male Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 12/28/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 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. All new stories are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1960, page 148, registration number B818202.
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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 Reprinted In17
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Diablo!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Diablo
First Line: Bah! Nothing here!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #168 published January 1978
as Diablo! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #206 published January 1983
as Diablo! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as Tales of Suspense #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Diablo; Ulysses Bloodstone (unnamed, identified in later retcon)
First Line: It was a legend come to life...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales Annual #1 published September 1962
as I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJames Bond #17/[1971] published October 1971
as Jag såg Diablo! Demonen från den femte dimensionen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #30 published October 1974
as I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-631
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
Cover story.
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The Mirror

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Bruce Morton; Miss Coleman
First Line: "I must be going mad," Bruce Morton muttered to himself as he...
Synopsis: A wealthy but unhappy man is motivated to change his life by the vision of his past that he sees in his mirror.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Mirror [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #143 published February 1956
was The Mirror [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-762
Disclose Notes: The first page of this story is printed between the lead story and "The Wrath of Chondu!", while the second page is printed between "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" and "The Return of the Living Robot!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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The Wrath of Chondu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Chondu [Harvey Schlerman] (introduction); Joe Parker; Albert; Ethel; Charlie
First Line: Once a year I come to the United States and give lectures on yoga!
Synopsis: A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1974
as The Wrath of Chondu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAgent X9 #1/1986 published January 1986
as Chondus vrede [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Wrath of Chondu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: T-624
Disclose Notes: Chondu next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (March 1975). This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #76 (January 1962) as "Mind Over Matter!" drawn by Don Heck.
Story is pages 12-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3).
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Time on My Hands!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The time was a summer's night in the year 1965...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJames Bond #19/[1972] published April 1972
as Gott om tid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as Time on My Hands! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: T-626
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "Trapped in Tomorrow!" drawn by John Buscema, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #68 (April 1959). Story is pages 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3).
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Earth Will Be Destroyed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Behold the planet of Gorgon!!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #19 published September 1975
as Earth Will Be Destroyed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as Earth Will Be Destroyed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-641
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person. This story is retold with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling.
Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average sales not printed. This shares the last page of "The Mirror".
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The Return of the Living Robot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Living Robot [John]; Cyril Stretford
First Line: The police--the government--they all think me dead!
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Return of the Living Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-627
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person. Continues from last issue. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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