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Issue: Tales of Suspense #3
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #3 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Male Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover) ; pages of comic not numbered.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1959, page 156, registration number B761308.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In15
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Aliens Who Captured Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Halt, Earthlings!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #17 published January 1964
as The Aliens Who Captured Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as The Aliens Who Captured Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #175 published January 1979
as The Aliens Who Captured Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as Tales of Suspense #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Terrible Time Machine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ashley Hunt
First Line: It was when I fell and hit my head last week that these uncanny thoughts started coming...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #217 published January 1984
as The Terrible Time Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #199 published January 1984
as The Terrible Time Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Terrible Time Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-198
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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The Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, occult
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #42 published June 1956
was The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-707
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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The Thing from Planet X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It's a court martial and prison for all of you--unless the investigating board...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStar Wars Weekly #61 published April 1979
as The Thing from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #199 published January 1984
as The Thing from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Thing from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Robot Hater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as Robot Hater! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-204
Disclose 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.
Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
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The Haunted House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Haunted House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3, last page not numbered).
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The Aliens Who Conquered Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Darius Christopher
First Line: The snow glistens brightly on this clear November day in the year 2058 as...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as The Aliens Who Conquered Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2006
as The Aliens Who Conquered Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-196
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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