Tales of Suspense #29 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1962

About Tales of Suspense #29

Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko cover. Ditko, Don Heck, and Dick Ayers art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Martian Who Stole a City!

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Martian Who Stole a City!

Characters: Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter; Mr. Carter; Mrs. Carter

Synopsis: A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Ray Holloway

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (October 1975), | Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973)

Notes: Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Title: Mystery Mansion

Characters: Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump

Synopsis: A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.

Pages: 1.750

Letters: typeset

Notes: The first page is printed between the pages of "The Martian Who Stole a City!", while the second page is printed between "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...Or Was It??!" and "The Thing In the Locked Room!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Title: Nothing Can Save Us!

Characters: Capt. Rick Marshall

Synopsis: Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Reprints: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973)

Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)by Lee and Kirby. Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Title: It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??!

Characters: Muggsy Bogar; Joe the Barber; Bill

Synopsis: Muggsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #15 (February 1975)

Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Title: The Thing in the Locked Room!

Characters: Prince Zemu

Synopsis: Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Don Heck (signed)

Inks: Don Heck (signed)

Letters: Ray Holloway

Reprints: Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (July 1975)

Notes: Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	6	6	8	5	8	8	10	10	12	12	7	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	107
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	6	6	8	5	8	9	10	11	12	12	7	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	109

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