Tales of Suspense, #5
Published: September 1959
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Issue Contents:
Tunnel to Nowhere!
Characters
- Eric Lansing
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Rule Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 Series) #1. Alien creature looks like different in the story within.
I Became a Human Robot!
"You fools didn't know... You never even suspected who I..."
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Gammus
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Sinnott
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic ( first page of story not numbered, then pages numbered 2 to 5).
The Masterpiece
Storyline
A portrait painter is determined to paint a landscape, and eventually disappears into it.
Characters
- Claude Duval
- M. Finnault
- Mme. Fleury
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Fought the Tyrannosaurus
"No, this isn't a time travel story!"
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Kate
- Rod
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
I Walk Thru Walls!
Storyline
A criminal accidentally makes a teleporter and uses it to commit incredible burglaries, until a clever cop sets a trap for him.
Credits
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Travelled Thru Time!!
"My name is Vladamir Gorki..."
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Vladamir Gorki
- Professor Pskov
- Benedict Arnold
Credits
- Pencils: Carl Burgos
- Inks: Carl Burgos
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Art credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 Series) #1. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere!
"We were 1900 fathoms below the surface waters..."
Storyline
An engineer attempts to build a tunnel from America to Europe but it is destroyed by inhuman creatures living in an undersea city.
Characters
- Eric Lansing
- Makka
Credits
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5). Cover story.