Appearing in "Invasion from Outer Space"
Featured Characters:
- Elderly scientist
Supporting Characters:
- Government
- Wilson
- Defensive minister (Voice)
- Unnamed officials
Other Characters:
- Civilians
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Manhattan (Mentioned)
Items:
- Earth arsenal (Destruction)
Vehicles:
- Spaceships
- Earth arsenal (Destruction)
Synopsis for "Invasion from Outer Space"

An astronomer invents a dimensional projector that allows him to place a series of slides of alien space craft in the skies above earth cities in order to trick the major powers into disarming in order to get them to leave.
Appearing in "The Sorcerer"
Strange Tales of the Unusual #1.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Sorcerer"
Strange Tales of the Unusual #1.
A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.
Appearing in "Trapped in Yesterday!"
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Professor Wilkes
- Sir Hal
- Sir James (First appearance)
- Merlin (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Unnamed location
- Camelot (Sixth century)
Items:
Synopsis for "Trapped in Yesterday!"
Jason Grubb, a meek janitor, resents his job so much he decides to steal Professor Wilkes time machine and travel to King Arthur's camelot to become their greatest sorcerer using modern technology, he destroys the machine after arriving but forgets the devices can't work in ancient times, Grubb is captured and forced to clean the castle until Wilkes can build another time machine.
Appearing in "The Planet that Wasn't There!"
Featured Characters:
- Mr. President
Supporting Characters:
- Elizabeth
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Unnamed space ships (Destruction)
- Gamma 4-X Rocket (Destruction)
Synopsis for "The Planet that Wasn't There!"
The president of the planet continuously tries new rockets to reach a planet he believes is similar as his own in order to diminish overpopulation, only for them all be destroyed by malfunctions. When his daughter is killed in one crash he gives up to reach the planet: Earth!
Appearing in "The Secret of Planet "X"!"
Featured Characters:
- Josef Kluge
Supporting Characters:
- People's Republic of Gdynia
- Unnamed counselor
Antagonists:
- Flora of Planet "X" ("Dandelions, pussy willows and sycamores")
Other Characters:
- Unnamed aliens
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Unnamed aliens
- Flora of Planet "X" ("Dandelions, pussy willows and sycamores")
Locations:
- Unnamed reality (2045 A.D.)
Synopsis for "The Secret of Planet "X"!"

A tyrant from Earth in the year 2045 is bored with having conquered everyone so he sets his sites on planet X. After arriving and commanding the people to obey him, they do without resistance, which puzzles him. He asks why they do not complain and they answer that over a period of several weeks the plants of planet X release a substance which subverts human will in order to be slaves of the plants and the tyrant finds himself succumbing along with everyone else.
Appearing in "A Robot in Hiding!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed robot
Supporting Characters:
- George
- George's wife
Antagonists:
- Roderic Zante
- Edna (On phone)
- Henry (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Billy Hartnell
Locations:
- Unnamed reality (Year 2834)
- Earth
- Palace of Roderic Zante
- Palace of Roderic Zante
- Earth
Synopsis for "A Robot in Hiding!"
Roderick Zante the tyrannical ruler of earth orders all robots to be seized in fear they will overtrow humanity, one single robot remains free and is able to confront Zante whom he reveals was a robot himself but with a built-in lust for power rather than a desire to serve.
See Also
Footnotes
Like this? Let us know! |
- Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
- Editor Credit Needed
- Letterer Credit Needed
- Writer Credit Needed
- Wikify
- Comic Quote Needed
- Comics
- 1959
- 1959, March
- Silver-Age
- Tales of Suspense Vol 1
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- Steve Ditko/Cover Artist
- Stan Goldberg/Cover Artist
- Stan Lee/Writer
- Larry Lieber/Writer
- Jack Kirby/Penciler
- Christopher Rule/Inker
- Stan Goldberg/Colourist
- Artie Simek/Letterer
- Reprints
- Strange Tales of the Unusual Vol 1 1/Reprints
- Carl Burgos/Penciler
- Carl Burgos/Inker
- Artie Simek/Editor
- Russ Heath/Penciler
- Russ Heath/Inker
- Steve Ditko/Penciler
- Steve Ditko/Inker
- Joe Sinnott/Penciler
- Joe Sinnott/Inker
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Manhattan/Mentions
- Jason Grubb (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Professor Wilkes (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sir Hal (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Merlyn (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Horses/Appearances
- Camelot/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Jupiter (Planet)/Mentions
- Gamma 4-X Rocket/Appearances
- People's Republic of Gdynia/Appearances
- Planet X/Appearances