Tales of Suspense, #38
Published: February 1963
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The Teen-Ager Who Ruled the World!
"How would you like to have your own personal genie?"
Characters
- Bill Turner
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).
The Teen-Ager Who Ruled the World!
"Behold the awesome genie!"
Storyline
An arrogant teen-ager finds a genie's lamp and tries to make the world perfect, but finds that all his wishes have unexpected results.
Characters
- Bill Turner
- Miss Parker
- Joe
- unnamed genie
- John
- Freddie
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Davis
- Inks: Jack Davis
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Jon D'Agostino
We Can't All Be Human!
"Out of the unending cosmic darkness comes an alien spaceship..."
Storyline
Seemingly friendly aliens arrive on Earth, seeking refuge from pirates, but a philosophy student figures out that the first visitors are the pirates, and disguised themselves to appear pleasant to humans.
Characters
- Henry Mathews
- Frank
- Sgt. Ogg
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway
Blueprint for Victory
"The Rhine and its ruined bridges lay thirty miles behind and the..."
Storyline
A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.
Characters
- LtC. Cam Westover
- Maj. Franks
- Cpt. Bill Trayne
- Gen. von Kretz
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Man in the Mirror!
"What is a mirror?"
Storyline
A millionaire buys an enchanted mirror that allows him to wish any person he dislikes to be trapped inside of it. He wishes dozens of people into the mirror until he is contacted by agents of the IRS who wish to audit his books. He briefly considers wishing them into the mirror, but realizes that the government would just send more, so he decides to wish that no one will ever bother him again. He gets his wish, as he finds that all the people who were trapped in the mirror have been released and now he is its sole prisoner.
Characters
- Silas Haggle
- J.J. Jones
- Smedley
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek