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Tales of Suspense #35

Marvel · Series began 1959 · November 1962

Dates

Cover date
November 1962
On sale
August 9, 1962
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #35 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmaninks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmancolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Jon D'Agostino

Stories

  • I Accepted the Deadly Challenge of Zarkorr! · 7 pages

    A veteran space pilot is forced to retire because of his lack of experience with newer equipment, but an alien visitor gives Earth a challenge that only he can pass. After succeeding, he is appointed to command the space patrol, but the alien visitor was really the pilot in disguise.

  • The Radio · 2 pages

    A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.

  • I Must Enter the Tomb of Tut-Am-Tut! · 6 pages

    A scientist creates a time machine to travel back to ancient Egypt in order to pose as a magician and find the location of a great treasure. He is trapped in the past when his time machine is buried with the Pharaoh.

  • Never Threaten a Witchman! · 5 pages

    An untalented bald actor wants to receive the leading parts in plays so he goes to a witchman for a potion that will help him. The witchman tells him that he does have such a potion but does not want to give it to him, because it is too dangerous. The actor is heedless and pulls a gun on him. The witchman relents and gives the actor the potion, but the actor finds that after drinking it he can only find work as a circus freak because his hair grows so quickly.

  • Revolt of the Robots! · 5 pages

    Robots make Earth into a living paradise, but humans grow fearful and oppress them. The robots leave for another planet, where they build and oppress their own robots while Fate laughs.

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Weird Planets (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Creepy Worlds (1962), Star Wars Weekly (1978), Doctor Who Weekly (1979), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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