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Tales of Suspense, #21 British

Published: September 1961

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Issue Contents:
This Is...Klagg!
Credits
Story Notes

The unaltered cover was published in the British reprint Spellbound # 40. In this version Klagg is almost completely covered in ink and made to look more like the interior version, with smoke added to the upper left corner. Info per Nick Caputo, May 2016.

Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind!, Part 1

"Last year in a radar station behind the Iron Curtain, an unidentified flying object was spotted!"

Storyline

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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Story Notes

Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

Whose Face Is in the Mirror?

"This particular day started off just like any other for our hero, Joe Kane, office worker..."

Storyline

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.

Credits
Story Notes

Possible uncredited Lee script per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Man from... Tomorrow!

"Hey, Charlie!"

Storyline

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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Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is a retelling of "Trapped in Yesterday!" drawn by Carl Burgos in Tales of Suspense #2 (March 1959). Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Sdrawkcab

"Most people agreed that he was a backward baby."

Storyline

An extraordiinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards.

Credits
Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Klagg, Part 2

"Klagg is entering the town!"

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Story Notes

Story is pages 11-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 7 to 12, last page not numbered).