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!"

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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.

Story Notes

The bottom of pages 3 and 6 include copy advertising the new Hulk comic.

The Man Who Found Shangri-La!

"What was the secret of Shangri-La... a secret so..."

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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.

The Crackpot

"You can never tell what will throw a guy!"

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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.

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The Missing Link!

"Was he really half-man and half-ape??"

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Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization.

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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.