Published: February 1962
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Pencils credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited Steve Ditko.
An inventor builds a robot, but others are afraid of it. The robot goes on a rampage and is dropped into the sea. It leaves a letter saying that it will emerge when humanity learns tolerance.
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
Text story with illustration.
An agent signs a singer who is an instant hit. He discovers that the singer is an alien whose next record will help his people conquer Earth, and manufactures a scandal to ruin the alien’s career.
The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
A Japanese youth doesn’t want to fight in World War 2. A stranger named Mr. Black saves him, but only so he will be where he was fated to be in 1945, in Hiroshima as the bomb falls.
This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #33 (July 1962) as "The Voice of Fate!", drawn by Gene Colan. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Forgione art per Nick Caputo and Michael J. Vassallo. Bob Bailey previously credited Gene Colan.
The mannequins in a store come to life in a creepy atmosphere as it closes. However, this is not thought odd by anyone, because on this alien world all people are made of wax, and some work as mannequins, but leave with everyone else at closing.
The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
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