Tales of Suspense Vol 1 27

Tales of Suspense #27
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Next Issue	Tales of Suspense #28
Art by: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers and Stan Goldberg
Release Date	December 12, 1961
Cover Date	March, 1962
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee

1. "Oog Lives Again!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Ray Holloway Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
2. "From Outer Space "
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 2nd story from Strange Tales #38 (original credits are italicized)
Letterer(s)	Typeset
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
3. "On the Trail of the Witch!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
4. "John Doe"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Paul Reinman
Inker(s)	Joe Sinnott
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	John Duffy
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
5. "His Name was Merlin!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee
Penciler(s)	Steve Ditko
Inker(s)	Steve Ditko
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Joe Letterese
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!" 

—Oog

Appearing in "Oog Lives Again!"

Featured Characters:

• Oog (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Artic Expedition
  • Ben
  • Charlie
  • Unnamed Others

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Janitor
• Police
• United States Army
• United States Air Force

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unrevealed alien race

Locations:

• Sol
  • Earth
    • Arctic Circle (Main story and flashback)
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • Washington, D.C.
          • Pentagon
        • Rogers Air Force Base (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Oog's Space Ship (Only in flashback)
• Oog's Rescue Ship

Synopsis for "Oog Lives Again!"

An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued.

Appearing in "From Outer Space "

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Tales #38

Featured Characters:

• Jonathan Ditmar (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Unidentified Aliens

Other Characters:

• United Nations
• Ludwig van Beethoven (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
• Richard Wagner (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
• Johannes Brahms (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
• Claude Debussy (Referenced) (Topical Reference)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unidentified alien race

Locations:

• Earth

Synopsis for "From Outer Space "

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Tales #38

When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.

Appearing in "On the Trail of the Witch!"

Featured Characters:

• Unnamed Witch

Supporting Characters:

• Inspector Koraz

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Frogs (Mentioned)
• Bats (Mentioned)
• Cats
• Snakes (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Europe

Vehicles:

• Witches' Broom

Synopsis for "On the Trail of the Witch!"

A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is actually a warlock.

Appearing in "John Doe"

Featured Characters:

• John Doe

Supporting Characters:

• Professor Blake Burke

Antagonists:

• Bear

Other Characters:

• X-31

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Robots
• Bears

Locations:

• Future Reality
  • United States of America

Synopsis for "John Doe"

An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend. When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot.

Appearing in "His Name was Merlin!"

Featured Characters:

• Merlin (Joe Cooke)

Supporting Characters:

• Merlin

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Birds

Locations:

• United States of America

Synopsis for "His Name was Merlin!"

An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks. When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. Merlin tells him that he'll be sorry and is the last to depart the theater after the magician uses his disappearing trick and is never seen again.

Notes

• "Oog Lives Again!" is reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #20.
• "On the Trail of the Witch!" is reprinted in Beware #1.

See Also

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