Tales of Suspense, #22
Published: October 1961
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Beware of Bruttu!
"Look!! Ahead in the tunnel!!"
Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1]
"The whole fantastic thing never would have occurred if I hadn't been built so small!"
Storyline
An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.
Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
- Anne Benson
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
Mystery Trip
"There was much excitement in the Pidgeon household the week that Uncle Pete was..."
Storyline
Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
Characters
- Tommy Pidgeon
- Goober Jones
- Rosie
- Uncle Pete
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Maneely
- Inks: Joe Maneely
Story Notes
Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
[Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu
"Stop! Calm yourselves!"
Characters
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
- Anne Benson
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Story is pages 11-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 7 to 13).
Only One Is Human!
"It was the first meeting of Martians and humans, as I led the first human landing on Mars!"
Storyline
A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian.
Characters
- Robert Brown
- John Baxter
- Henry Sloan
- Fred Winthrop
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Anatomy of a Nightmare!
"The creature's eyes were like two fiery orbs, burning into mine!"
Storyline
A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).