Issue | #3 |
Published | May 1959 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | John Buscema |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Ashley Hunt |
Synopsis | A scientist travels back in time to ancient Egypt and loses his memory after a paradoxical encounter with himself, or at least that's the story an Egyptian man dreamed after hitting his head. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks |
Synopsis | A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge. |
Genre | spy; occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #7 (May 1957) |
Synopsis | Space explorers fall under the mental sway of a sentient plant that they collect. After destroying the ship to save Earth, they say the crash was accidental, since they wouldn’t be believed. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Vincent Latimer |
Synopsis | A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee ? |
Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (September 1961) as "Less Than Human", drawn by Don Heck and in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #45 (July 1963) as "It Walks Like a Man!" by Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein and Paul Reinman. Writing tentatively credited to Stan Lee on the basis of his plot credit on the later version of the story. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Joe Collins; Duke Warren |
Synopsis | Two fugitives hide in an old house, disguising themselves as ghosts to frighten away children. They themselves flee the house because of ghostly noises made by fifth-dimensional beings. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Darius Christopher |
Synopsis | Alien invaders panic Earth with powerful distintegrating weapons, but when the president of Earth confronts them he is immune to their rays because of his own faith. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |