Tales of Suspense (1959) comic books 1960, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $236.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4381040003

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. I Saw Diablo! "The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An extra-dimensional smoke monster invades the Earth; It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it. "The Mirror" text story. The Wrath of Chondu!, art by Doug Wildey; A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo. "Time on My Hands!", art by John Forte; A man steals a time machine to learn how to get rich but is stranded when he accidentally leaves it in a garbage incinerator. "Earth Will Be Destroyed!", art by Steve Ditko; Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location; They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded. "The Return of the Living Robot!", art by Don Heck; The fugitive robot impersonates a prominent MP to lift the robot ban; The MP escapes and defeats the robot with his bare hands, since he is also a robot, secretly protecting humanity. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $799.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4356993013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "I Brought the Mighty Cyclops Back to Life!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A young couple thaw out a cyclops in an iceberg, and must lure it into an icy pit to keep it from hurting anyone. "Out of the Jungle" text story. "I Was Trapped in Nightmare Valley," art by Paul Reinman; An explorer encounters sentient, extraterrestrial trees in Asian mountains; They plan to spread their pollen all over the Earth, but they are fortuitously destroyed by a volcano. "Behind My Door Waits... Medusa!", art by Steve Ditko; A curio shop owner tells customers that a strange statue is a burglar turned to stone by Medusa; No one believes him, but none dare open the door which he says leads to Medusa. "I Am the Shaggy Creature," art by Don Heck; A scientist transforms himself into a gorilla to hide from the police, but his gorilla brain forgets how to use the antidote. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $295.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4117237017

Here's one of Buddy's favorite Kirby/Ayers pre-superhero monster covers! While still in junior high school, Buddy found a copy at a C.B. Berry Elementary Halloween carnival. In those days kids (but not Buddy) contributed comics to be sold at five cents each. Needless to say, Buddy loaded up!

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, the Living Demon!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A gaseous alien comes down to Earth and inhabits a dam of water to harass local villagers; The village loafer realizes that the alien is using the water in the dam to embody itself and steals dynamite in order blow up the pass before the alien can reach the sea. "Vial of Inspiration" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Those Who Lurk Below!", art by Steve Ditko; A sadistic jailer buys a book detailing an alien civilization that has retreated below the Earth in order to avoid surface climate change in order to torment his prisoner with false hope of escape. "The Monster in My Cellar!", art by Reed Crandall; Wanting to give his editor a monster story to end all monster stories, a science fiction writer's imagination somehow makes the monster in his story real; He fights in the cellar and upstairs until he can imagine it out of existence. "I Met the Thing on Midnight Island!", art by Don Heck; A sailor finds a note from a castaway, but on the island named he finds only a strange creature; When an alien ship arrives to pick up the creature, he realizes that it was a castaway. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.