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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | $900.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 181 graded copies for Tales of Suspense #9 (1960). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!
An adventurer hears tales of a smoke demon up in the hills and meets up with an invader from the fifth dimension who is an advance scout for an invasion. He bluffs the creature with a cigarette lighter, producing a puff of smoke and blowing it out, calling it a weapon and Diablo flees back to the fifth dimension.
The mystic Chondu is on his way home from a lecture when is held at gunpoint by an escaped convict. So the mystic places the convict in his own mental limbo state and hands him over to the police.
A crook steals the world first time machine to travel into the future in order to make a smal fortune on gambling. He finds however that where he parked the machine is in fact an incinerator and in the future time travel is illegal.
An alien tyrant seeks another planet to relocate to and his scientist's instruments detect Earth. He tells them to aim his mightiest weapon at Earth to destroy their civilization, but the gun just swivels around on its base. He threatens his scientists with death for their failure, but they claim it can only mean that Earth is all around us. An Earth scientist washes the tiny tyrant and his world down the drain out of a petri dish.
Continuing from Last issue the robot tries to change the banning on robots by kidnapping and impersonating a member of parliament that made the banning. However, the original escapes and the two have a scuffle and the robot is defeated. It's then revealed the MP is in fact a robot himself and member of a secret order aimed at protecting humanity from evil robots.
Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Interior art: Jack Kirby, Doug Wildey, John Forte, Steve Ditko, Don Heck
Color: Stan Goldberg
Cover art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg, Artie Simek
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