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Tales of Suspense, #9

Published: May 1960

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Diablo!

"Bah! Nothing here!"

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I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!

"It was a legend come to life..."

Storyline

An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.

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Story Notes

Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7). Cover story.

The Wrath of Chondu!

"Once a year I come to the United States and give lectures on yoga!"

Storyline

A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo.

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Story Notes

Chondu next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (March 1975). This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #76 (January 1962) as "Mind Over Matter!" drawn by Don Heck. Story is pages 12-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3).

Time on My Hands!

"The time was a summer's night in the year 1965..."

Storyline

A man steals a time machine to learn how to get rich but is stranded when he accidently leaves it in a garbage incinerator.

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Story Notes

This is a retelling of "Trapped in Tomorrow!" drawn by John Buscema, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #68 (April 1959). Story is pages 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3).

Earth Will Be Destroyed!

"Behold the planet of Gorgon!!"

Storyline

Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded.

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Story Notes

Narrated in the third person. This story is retold with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Return of the Living Robot!

"The police--the government--they all think me dead!"

Storyline

The fugitive robot impersonates a prominent MP to lift the robot ban. The MP escapes and defeats the robot with his bare hands, since he is also a robot, secretly protecting humanity.

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Story Notes

Narrated in the third person. Continues from last issue. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Mirror

""I must be going mad," Bruce Morton muttered to himself as he..."

Storyline

A wealthy but unhappy man is motivated to change his life by the vision of his past that he sees in his mirror.

Story Notes

The first page of this story is printed between the lead story and "The Wrath of Chondu!", while the second page is printed between "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" and "The Return of the Living Robot!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
Story Notes

Average sales not printed. This shares the last page of "The Mirror".