Tales of Suspense Vol 1 17

Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #17 Published May, 1961 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Dick Ayers Stan Goldberg "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "The Bridge" "There is Something Strange about Mr. Jones" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "What Lurks in the Mountain?" Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Previous Issue Next Issue Tales of Suspense #16 Tales of Suspense #18

Appearing in "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!"

Featured Characters:

• Mark Langley

Supporting Characters:

• Billy Langley (First appearance)
• Helen Langley

Antagonists:

• Goom (Only in flashback)
• Googam (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Luke Perkwhistle
• Sara Perkwhistle

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unrevealed alien races

Locations:

• United States of America
  
  

Synopsis for "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!"

Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to menace the family of the scientist who was responsible for his defeat. Googam is defeated when the scientist's son challenges him to a game of tag and runs off towards a pool of quicksand and then climbs a tree. When Googam sees the quicksand he mistakenly assumes that it is only mud since the boy must have run across it. Googam only sees the boy hiding in the tree as he sinks into the quicksand.

Appearing in "The Bridge"

Synopsis for "The Bridge"

Appearing in "There is Something Strange about Mr. Jones"

Featured Characters:

• Mister Jones

Antagonists:

• Freddy Sykes

Other Characters:

• Charwoman
• Police

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Manhattan
  • Grand Central Station

Items:

• Davey Jones' Locker
  
  

Synopsis for "There is Something Strange about Mr. Jones"

A petty thief learns that the mysterious Mr Jones keeps a fabulous fortune in his locker, and tries to force him into giving it up. But no mortal man ever returns after seeing Davey Jones's locker...

Appearing in "What Lurks in the Mountain?"

Featured Characters:

• Lama of the Sun Village

Supporting Characters:

• Unnamed Alien Race

Antagonists:

• Communist Warlord

Other Characters:

• Communist Forces

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unrevealed alien races

Vehicles:

• Spaceship
  
  

Synopsis for "What Lurks in the Mountain?"

A communist general demands that the lama tell him of the alien space ship that has landed for repairs. At first the lama refuses to allow the aliens to be conquered by the communists, but he relents after the general threatens to execute all the peasants. The soldiers march off to the mountain the lama has indicated, but after a fruitless search they conclude the lama must have been lying. Suddenly, the mountain begins to shake violently and the soldiers realize too late as it blasts off that the mountain was the space ship.

Notes

• "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!" reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #16
• "There is Something Strange about Mr. Jones" reprinted in Fear #10
• "What Lurks in the Mountain?" reprinted in Creatures on the Loose #18

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