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Tales of Suspense #4

Marvel · Series began 1959 · July 1959

Dates

Cover date
July 1959
On sale
March 3, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Carl Burgos, Al Williamson, Steve Ditkoinks: Christopher Rule, Joe Sinnott, Carl Burgos, Al Williamson, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • The Invisible Army · 5 pages

    A scientist is forced to work for a dictator but, instead of creating an invisibility ray as ordered, creates a teleportation ray that banishes his top officers and allows a revolution.

  • Snowstorm · 2 pages

    A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil.

  • One of Our Spacemen Is Missing! · 5 pages

    A space explorer ignores his partner's caution and leads a party out into a seemingly safe world. They all disappear, captured by intelligent trees, and the more cautious explorer rescues them.

  • The Voice of Doom! · 4 pages

    A ham radio operator believes he is receiving reports of an extraterrestrial battle, but he is actually receiving the thought waves of ants.

  • Beware of the...Robots! · 4 pages

    A man writes anti-robot articles about his replacement at a factory by a robot. He becomes a famous writer, and realizes that the robot actually freed him to pursue his true calling.

  • One of Us Is a Martian! · 5 pages

    A Martian spy is sent to sabotage a human rocket, but he destroys a toy instead, since Martians are only an inch tall.

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Star Wars Weekly (1978), Astounding Stories (1966), Sinister Tales (1964), The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2014), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Atlas Artist Edition (2024)

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