Tales of Suspense #6 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1959

About Tales of Suspense #6

Jack Kirby monster cover and art. Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and Joe Sinnott art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!

Characters: Charley

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Chris Rule

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Rule inks per original indexer.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!

Characters: Charley

Synopsis: A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it. When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Steve Ditko [as Ditko] (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko [as Ditko] (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Title: Lady Luck

Characters: Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck

Synopsis: A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: I Was Captured by the Cyclops!

Characters: Mr. Sloane; Sinbad

Synopsis: A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops. He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels.

Pages: 5.000

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

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).

Title: The Mutants and Me!

Characters: Henry Marsh; Vincent Farnsworth

Synopsis: A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders.

Pages: 4.000

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

Pencils: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. "The Man in the Sky" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962) is often called 'the first mutant story' but this predates it by more than two years. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: Who Hides Beneath My Mask?

Characters: "Hard Luck" Harry; Mr. Craddock

Synopsis: A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face has changed to match his mask.

Pages: 4.000

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

Pencils: Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks: Dick Ayers (signed)

Letters: Dick Ayers

Notes: This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) as "I Wore...the Mask of Drothor!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #91 (December 1961) as "The Mask of Morgumm!" drawn by Don Heck. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (first page of story not numbered, then pages numbered 2 to 4).

Title: The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped!

Synopsis: Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Jack Kirby ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Christopher Rule

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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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	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	10	10	9	11	6	12	12	5	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	106
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	9	10	10	11	11	6	12	12	5	5	4	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	111

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