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Spellbound #31

Marvel · Series began 1952 · December 1956

Dates

Cover date
December 1956
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Maneely, George Roussos, Al Williamson, Howard O'Donnell, Robert Q. Sale, Bill Everett, John Forteinks: Joe Maneely, Al Williamson, Howard O'Donnell, Jack Abel, Robert Q. Sale, Bill Everett, John Fortecolors: Stan Goldbergscript: Carl Wesslerletters: Bill Everett

Stories

  • The Betrayer · 4 pages

    When Wilson spies a giant rocket craft headed to Earth which will destroy everything when it lands. Clark builds a hideout on the world's most deserted island, Bimur, so he can be sure to survive. However, that's exactly where the ship is going to land.

  • Space Tune · 2 pages
  • Oh, Perfect Crime! · 4 pages

    A sleezy booking agent uses a teleporter to get rich quick.

  • He Won't Open the Door · 4 pages

    Preston believes money can get him anything. Searching for Incan treasure he tries to force a ferryman to lead him across a river, but the ferryman is Charon and he's at the River Styx.

  • The Man Who Didn't Belong · 4 pages

    Steve rescues Rex from inside the cyclotron but he has no memory of where he came from. Steve starts to resent how perfect Rex seems and how everyone likes him. Eventually Rex steps back into the cyclotron and vanishes. Steve tells his story to Denise then recognizes her as Rex's mother! He realizes Rex was his son from the future and that he can be proud of Rex's achievements.

  • They Dare Not Come · 3 pages

    The workers in a weather station on Mars become antsy about supplies arriving but the commander maintains control. All of them are human-like robots who need the fuel to keep running.

  • Man in a Trance · 4 pages

    Ronnie believes the past still exists and invents a formula to enter the 'existing' past so he can find out what became of the Drake Diamond. It works, but he falls in love with Nancy and fears if he takes the diamond in the present she'll be arrested for the theft in the past so he leaves it alone.

Reprinted in

Spellbound (1960), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Mystic (1960), Voodoo (1961)

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