Tales of Suspense, #31
Published: July 1962
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The Monster in the Iron Mask
"We can never stop the monster without removing his iron mask!"
Characters
- Monster in the Iron Mask
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). An unaltered stat of this cover was published as the covers of Amazing Stories of Suspense #'s 28 and 149.
The Monster in the Iron Mask!
"The only way to save the world, was to learn the secret of the iron mask!!"
Storyline
A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas.
Characters
- Monster in the Iron Mask
- Bobby
- Mr. Lane
- Bobby's father
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
The bottom of pages 3 and 6 include copy advertising the new Hulk comic.
Time Machine
"I think the first time I really began to think seriously about the..."
Storyline
A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person.
The Man Who Found Shangri-La!
"What was the secret of Shangri-La... a secret so..."
Storyline
A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La. He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve.
Characters
- Harry Drumm
- Paul Drumm
- Mrs. Drumm
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Joe Letterese
The Crackpot
"You can never tell what will throw a guy!"
Storyline
An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing.
Characters
- Mister Smythe
- Elias Poole
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Joe Letterese
The Missing Link!
"Was he really half-man and half-ape??"
Storyline
Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek