Tales of Suspense #27 (1962) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	When Oog Lives Again!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Oog
1	Oog Lives Again!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway, Artie Simek	Oog; Charlie; Ben
2	From Outer Space	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Jonathan Ditmar
3	On the Trail of the Witch!	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Inspector Koraz
4	John Doe	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy	Prof. Blake Burke; John Doe
5	His Name Was...Merlin!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Joe Letterese	Joe Cooke [The Great Nero/Merlin the Mystic]; Merlin

Edition	How to tell
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Collection	Year
Beware #1	1973	On eBay ›
Monsters on the Prowl #20	1972	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-4194-5	2010	On eBay ›

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