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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published January 1973
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "The Insect Man!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks John Romita

7 page story "The Insect Man"

Synopsis A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation. He is attacked by a telepathic insect. They blame the experience on stress, but a piece of the insect is on the pod.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

5 page story "Beware...the Ticking Clocks!"

Characters King Linus; Claudius Zemu; Klugari
Synopsis A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is transformed into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Page 5 of the original story is missing from this reprint.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

5 page story "Something Lurks in the Fog!"

Characters Sam Farrow
Synopsis An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)

5 page story "Long Live the King!"

Characters King Kim; Queen Sari; Prince Rujak
Synopsis A greedy prince marries a dowager queen. He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)