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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3
Publication Date: August 2010
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/25/2010
Volume: 3
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9780785141945
UPC/EAN: 978078514194555999
Price: $66.99 CAD
$59.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 69 (55 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #21-31.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.25 in. x 10.25 in.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 68 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Credits/Contents

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Introduction

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Tales of Suspense #21

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Character(s): Klagg
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Klagg!, Part 1

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Character(s): Klagg; Philip; Claire
Synopsis: Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth. The hero of the story convinces communist agents to pool their forces with the democracies in an effort to present a united front against Klagg. The effort is successful because the fact the various nations were able to set aside their differences and band together convinces Klagg to give up his campaign of destruction and leave Earth.
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Klagg, Part 2

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Character(s): Klagg; Philip; Claire
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Sdrawkcab

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oston Trams; Mrs. Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross
Synopsis: An extraordiinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards.
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Whose Face Is in the Mirror?

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Character(s): Joe Kane
Synopsis: A man wakes up in the morning and sees a stranger's face in the mirror and then it shatters. He tries looking into another mirror and the same thing happens. He looks into a full length mirror and it happens a third time. He makes his way to work, avoiding mirrors, until he stands before the elevator. When the door opens, the man whose face he has seen is standing inside producing a terror-stricken reaction. Our hero runs away, and the puzzled man leaves the elevator which cable snaps, sending it plunging down the shaft to destruction.
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The Man From...Tomorrow!

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Character(s): Walter Phelps
Synopsis: A man invents a time machine to travel back to the Roman Empire of 25 A.D. and set himself up as king, but all the present day devices he has brought back with him to prove his claims do not work without electricity, fuel, and broadcasting stations.
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Tales of Suspense #22

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Character(s): Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
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Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1]

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Character(s): Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson
Synopsis: An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.
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[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu

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Mystery Trip

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Character(s): Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
Synopsis: Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
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Only One Is Human!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Robert Brown
Synopsis: A human unit on Mars realizes that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian.
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The Anatomy of a Nightmare!

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Synopsis: A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
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Tales of Suspense #23

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I Entered the Dimension of Doom!

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Synopsis: A teenager uncovers a plot of two-dimensional beings to invade Earth by posing as a construction crew to dig a hole in the street that acts as a passageway between dimensions and thwarts their designs.
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The Wish

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton
Synopsis: A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.
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The Creature from the Black Bog!

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Character(s): John; Martha
Synopsis: A retired couple exploring the Everglades comes upon an alien who has been mired in the bog after landing to affect repairs and was making his way back to the ship. In exchange for their help in securing enough vines to pull him free of the bog, he removes their memories of the incident and makes them younger.
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Going Down!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Simon Queel; Luther Zoroni
Synopsis: A greedy elevator operator fakes an accident to get a rich customer to give him a big tip, but the elevator falls forever as the suddenly sinister passenger promises he’ll get his reward.
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The Changeling

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Character(s): John; Alana
Synopsis: A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original home world, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is half an inch long to the Earthmen.
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Tales of Suspense #24

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The Insect Man

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Mystery Pupil

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Character(s): Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
Synopsis: A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
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Beware...the Ticking Clocks!

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Something Lurks in the Fog!

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Long Live the King!

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Tales of Suspense #25

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The Death of Monstrollo!

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The Heat's On

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The Unseen!

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The Hidden Face

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Wogu
Synopsis: An alien bigot attempts to preach hate by hiding his face under a hood. When he assaults one of the people he is defaming he flees the police to escape capture. When he attempts to remove the hood, he finds another underneath it. He tries again, and there is still another, always another hood. A policeman shakes his head sadly as he walks away from his cell, the bigot convinced he would never have been captured if not for all these hoods. He continues to remove hood after hood with his hands, but there is nothing there.
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The Enchanted Paint!

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Character(s): Hans Lubnik
Synopsis: An untalented painter gains success when a gypsy gives him magic paints, but he becomes obsessed with beauty and abandons his lover. The gypsy casts another spell, making his former love seem beautiful to him.
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Tales of Suspense #26

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It Crawls By Night!

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Character(s): Jed Hanson; Bobby Hanson; Ann Hanson
Synopsis: A farmer develops a plant that grows so quickly at night that it becomes a menace to all objects around it by crushing and tossing them. The farmer feels he is done for as he runs to hide behind a meteorite that fell from the sky earlier in the day, but as the plant touches the rock, it begins to shrivel and die. The farmer and his son along with the neighbors quickly use tools to break up the meteor and apply it to the plant thus saving themselves.
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Music Master

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Character(s): Joe; Gus; Angelo
Synopsis: A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.
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Never Trust a Martian!

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Synopsis: Communist spies plan to fake a Martian invasion, but they are abducted and killed by the real Martians, afraid that their cover will be blown.
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Seven Long Years

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Character(s): Vince Jordan
Synopsis: A racketeer breaks a mirror and gives up crime for seven years, only to break another mirror in his first robbery and be caught and sentenced to seven years.
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The Face!

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Synopsis: A thief steals a ruby from an Indian Lama's temple and finds himself cursed to see the Lama's face everywhere he goes. He tries to get out of the country by train, but still finds himself pursued by the face. Panicked, he pulls the emergency stop cord on the train and leaps out. Unfortunately for him, the place he chose to stop the train happened to be just as it was crossing a high trestle bridge.
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Tales of Suspense #27

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Oog Lives Again!

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Character(s): Oog
Synopsis: An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued. "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!"
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From Outer Space

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonathan Ditmar
Synopsis: When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
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On the Trail of the Witch!

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Inspector Koraz
Synopsis: A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch.
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John Doe

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Blake Burke; John Doe
Synopsis: An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend. When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot.
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His Name Was...Merlin!

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Character(s): Joe Cooke [The Great Nero/Merlin the Mystic]; Merlin
Synopsis: An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks. When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. Merlin tells him that he'll be sorry and is the last to depart the theater after the magician uses his disappearing trick and is never seen again.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1962
was His Name Was...Merlin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tales of Suspense #28

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain of the Stone Men; Harry Dawes; Titan; Herman; Bruno Brugg
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was Back from the Dead! / The Dummy's Secret! / The Black Planet! / The Coming of Titan! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Cartwright; Titan
Synopsis: John Cartwright, an auto executive, pretends to betray the human race to the invaders from Atlantis.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: V-559
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Special Sale

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Marvin Kale; Paula Kale
Synopsis: When a husband goes shopping he finds a new cleaning fluid that makes anything better than new, even him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was Special Sale [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: J-932
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Back from the Dead!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Dawes; Captain of the Stone Men
Synopsis: A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads. They turn out to be aliens, and take him with them as a zoo specimen.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was Back from the Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: V-560
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The Dummy

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Great Gregory; Herman
Synopsis: Ventriloquist the Great Gregory and his wooden puppet Herman are both wooden aliens from Uranus!
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Dummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-561
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The Secret of the Black Planet

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bruno Brugg
Synopsis: A man escapes from a prison planet only to mistake a native creature on another world for a rocket ship and ends up about to be devoured.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #28 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Secret of the Black Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-562
Disclose Notes: In the foreword, Arthur Adams mentions the last panel of this story as being pornographic.
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Tales of Suspense #29

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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was The Martian Who Stole a City! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Martian Who Stole a City!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter
Synopsis: A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was The Martian Who Stole a City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Mystery Mansion

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump
Synopsis: A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was Mystery Mansion [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-396
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Nothing Can Save Us!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Capt. Rick Marshall
Synopsis: Trapped on a small planet, a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was Nothing Can Save Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: V-615
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It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Mugsy Bogar
Synopsis: Mugsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Thing in the Locked Room!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Prince Zemu
Synopsis: Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #29 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was The Thing in the Locked Room! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-616
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Tales of Suspense #30

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Charlie Harris; Walter Burke
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was The Haunted Roller Coaster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Charlie Harris; Walter Burke
Synopsis: An amusement park owner hires an engineer to design frightening rides and works him to death. The engineer's ghost returns and takes the park owner on a deadly roller coaster ride.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: V-659
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Trouble Bubble

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger
Synopsis: A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was Trouble Bubble [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: [K-160]
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The Creature from Krangro

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Creature from Krangro
Synopsis: An alien commander is sent to Earth to prove his courage by capturing three humans, but he accidentally takes statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was The Creature from Krangro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Ishmal
Synopsis: An evil duke seeks the secret of eternal youth, and an old man in Egypt turns him into a mummy.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Inside the Fallout Shelter!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Clagg
Synopsis: A selfish man builds a bomb shelter only for himself, but when a false alarm panics him he finds himself locked in for a month without a can opener to open his food.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant] published June 1962
was Inside the Fallout Shelter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-662
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Tales of Suspense #31

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Monster in the Iron Mask
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Monster in the Iron Mask [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Monster in the Iron Mask!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Monster in the Iron Mask; Bobby; Mr. Lane
Synopsis: A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Monster in the Iron Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: V-714
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Time Machine

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-85]
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The Man Who Found Shangri-La!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Harry Drumm; Paul Drumm
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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Man Who Found Shangri-La! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: V-715
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The Crackpot

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mister Smythe; Elias Poole
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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Crackpot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Missing Link!

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Missing Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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