| Issue | #5 |
| Published | September 1959 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue to issue #15 (March 1961) almost all new stories in Tales of Suspense are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Eric Lansing |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Gammus |
| Synopsis | An alien spy places his mind in a robot sent to Earth, hoping to be taken in for study. He gains access to data on Earth technology, but the scientists turn his robot body off, trapping him. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Claude Duval; M. Finnault; Mme. Fleury |
| Synopsis | A portrait painter is determined to paint a landscape, and eventually disappears into it. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #28 (November 1955) |
| Characters | Kate; Rod |
| Synopsis | A couple vacationing in Africa find a dinosaur egg that hatches a live tyrannosaur. The dinosaur terrifies the villagers, but eventually dies in a landslide. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Synopsis | A criminal accidentally makes a teleporter and uses it to commit incredible burglaries, until a clever cop sets a trap for him. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Vladamir Gorki; Professor Pskov; Benedict Arnold |
| Synopsis | A foreign spy escapes capture by using a time machine to flee to the 18th century, but finds that he has assumed the identity of Benedict Arnold and will be executed in his place. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Bob Forgione ? |
| Inks | Bob Forgione ? |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Eric Lansing; Makka |
| Synopsis | An engineer attempts to build a tunnel from America to Europe but it is destroyed by inhuman creatures living in an undersea city. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
| Inks | John Forte (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |