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Tales of Suspense, #23

Published: November 1961

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Issue Contents:
The Creature in the Black Bog!
Credits
I Entered the Dimension of Doom!

"Out there among the stars exist countless other worlds!"

Storyline

A teenager uncovers a plot of two-dimensional beings to invade Earth by posing as a construction crew to dig a hole in the street that acts as a passageway between dimensions and thwarts their designs.

Credits
Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).

The Creature from the Black Bog!

"At last we've sold the store, Martha!"

Storyline

A retired couple exploring the Everglades comes upon an alien who has been mired in the bog after landing to affect repairs and was making his way back to the ship. In exchange for their help in securing enough vines to pull him free of the bog, he removes their memories of the incident and makes them younger.

Credits
Story Notes

Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

Going Down!

"The seeds of mystery and danger can grow anywhere!"

Storyline

A greedy elevator operator fakes an accident to get a rich customer to give him a big tip, but the elevator falls forever as the suddenly sinister passenger promises he’ll get his reward.

Credits
Story Notes

Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Changeling

"Bored with the present?"

Storyline

A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original homeworld, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is only about an inch tall to the Earthmen.

Credits
Story Notes

Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). This story is similar to "I Landed on the Forbidden Planet!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959). Sol Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo, 2 August 2011. Bob Bailey originally credited George Klein. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).

The Wish

"Wishing doesn't always make it so, but in Tom's case it was different."

Storyline

A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.

Story Notes

Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).