Tales of Suspense, #6
Published: November 1959
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I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!
"It's the thing from the swamp!"
Characters
- Charley
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Rule inks per original indexer.
I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!
"The unknown swamp holds many secrets..."
Storyline
A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it. When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child.
Characters
- Charley
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5). Cover story.
Lady Luck
Storyline
A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
Characters
- Lester Ford
- Marie Ford
- Lady Luck
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Was Captured by the Cyclops!
"It must have been only a hideous dream!"
Storyline
A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops. He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels.
Characters
- Mr. Sloane
- Sinbad
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
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 4, last page not numbered).
The Mutants and Me!
Storyline
A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders.
Characters
- Henry Marsh
- Vincent Farnsworth
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Joe Sinnott
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. "The Man in the Sky" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962) is often called 'the first mutant story' but this predates it by more than two years. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Who Hides Beneath My Mask?
Storyline
A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face has changed to match his mask.
Characters
- "Hard Luck" Harry
- Mr. Craddock
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Dick Ayers
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Dick Ayers
Story Notes
This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) as "I Wore...the Mask of Drothor!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #91 (December 1961) as "The Mask of Morgumm!" drawn by Don Heck. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (first page of story not numbered, then pages numbered 2 to 4).
The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped!
Storyline
Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).