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CATALOG RECORD

Tales of Suspense #29

Marvel · Series began 1959 · May 1962

Dates

Cover date
May 1962
On sale
February 8, 1962
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #29 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heckinks: Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Ray Hollowayscript: Stan Lee

Stories

  • The Martian Who Stole a City! · 7 pages

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

  • Mystery Mansion · 1.75 pages

    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.

  • Nothing Can Save Us! · 6 pages

    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.

  • It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??! · 5 pages

    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.

  • The Thing in the Locked Room! · 5 pages

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

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Weird Planets (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Mystic (1960), Chamber of Chills (1972), Journey into Mystery (1972), Crypt of Shadows (1973), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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