Tales of Suspense Vol 1 11

Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #11 September, 1960 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artists Jack Kirby "I Created Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!" Writers Stan Lee Pencilers Jack Kirby Inkers Dick Ayers "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!" Pencilers Steve Ditko Inkers Steve Ditko "Beware the Eyes of Igor!" Pencilers Paul Reinman "I Escaped to Another World!" Pencilers Don Heck Previous Issue Next Issue Tales of Suspense #10 Tales of Suspense #12

Appearing in "I Created Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• The Professor

Antagonists:

• Sporr (Only Appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• The Villagers

Locations:

• Europe
  • Transylvania
    • Castle Frankenstein

Items:

• Growth Machine
  
  

Synopsis for "I Created Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!"Edit

A scientist moves into Dr. Frankenstein's castle to set up his experimental growth ray. When he trains it upon an amoeba, the frightened villagers burst in, and seeing the equipment, think he is going to bring ruin down upon them and hustle him off to the town jail. With no one to shut off the growth machine, the amoeba grows to huge size and smashes out of the castle to menace the village. The scientist escapes his jail cell and uses his lab coat soaked with sugar to lure Sporr into a quicksand pit.

Appearing in "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Martians

Locations:

• Earth
• Mars
  
  

Synopsis for "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!"Edit

150 Martian flying saucers land on Earth, but do nothing after landing. Since no pilots emerge the natives transport the craft to military bases where their hulls are experimented upon, but cannot be penetrated. At a prearranged signal, all the saucers open a port. The curious scientists and military men enter, but discover no pilot or instrumentation. After they leave, the saucers return to Mars secure in the knowledge that was absorbed from their minds that Earth is no threat to them. The saucers themselves are the Martians.

Appearing in "Beware the Eyes of Igor!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Igor

Other Characters:

• Police

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Movie Theatre
    
    

Synopsis for "Beware the Eyes of Igor!"Edit

A hypnotist attempts to mass hypnotise a movie theatre to steal everyone's wealth. However, in the process he hypnotises himself and ends up being arrested.

Appearing in "I Escaped to Another World!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Convict

Supporting Characters:

• Dr Kermanki

Locations:

• United States of America - 1962
• London

Items:

• Time Machine
  
  

Synopsis for "I Escaped to Another World!"Edit

A convict escapes prison and kidnaps a time machines creator and forces him to send him back in time in order to escape the police. After arriving in London in an unspecified date he breaks into a wax museum to steal clothes. When he is startled by someone he accidentally shoots them dead, but realises that it is his own grandfather when he notices a tattoo on the man's hand. The criminal then disappears wondering how he was able to kill his own grandfather.

Notes

• "I Created Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!" reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #2
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See AlsoEdit

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Tales of Suspense Vol 1 11 on the forums

Recommended ReadingEdit

• None.

Links and ReferencesEdit

• None.

Footnotes

---

Like this? Let us know!

---