Tales of Suspense #16

Dates

Cover date

April 1961

On sale

January 5, 1961

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #16 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition10¢ cover

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

  British

  Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• The Thing Called Metallo!, Part One · 6 pages

  An escaped convict tests a radiation-proof suit under a fake name. When he realizes the suit’s power, he uses it to go on a crime spree. When he finds that he has a disease only treatable by radiation he stays in the suit to die rather than be captured.

• The Holiday · 1.75 pages

  A boy celebrates the turn of the millenium with a special trip to the moon.

• Part 2 · 7 pages
• Nightmare! · 5 pages

  A man scoffs at his friend’s idea that a nightmare could last forever, causing him to storm out, drive off the road and die. He wakes up having the same conversation, in a nightmare loop.

• The Hands of Hogarr! · 5 pages

  A fugitive forces a gypsy to give him a new face, but he is captured because it is the same face as his pursuer.

Publisher’s description

An escaped criminal volunteers to take part of an experiment. One that will put him in a suit of indestructible armor so the cops can never catch him!

Reprinted in

Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Sinister Tales (1964), Astounding Stories (1966), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963)