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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

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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.

Publisher’s description

Travel with us to the year 2065, as we meet a resourceful pilot who refuses to accept his decommission. Plus, an actor without a knack for acting seeks out a warlock for a serum of success, (and hair growth). Can magic buy you talent? And…Revolt of the Robots!

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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