The Monsters of Tales of Suspense

Issue Number	Cover Thumbnail, linked to larger image where available	Story Title Pencil Artist Monster, Villain, or Main Character
#1, January 1959		The Strangers from Space! Williamson ? I Dared to Explore the Unknown Emptiness Heck ? The Day I Left My Body J. Buscema Wells He Fled in the Night Lieber ? Prisoner of the Satellites Ditko Ozt & Zak; Mark Coren
#2, March 1959		Invasion from Outer Space Kirby The Spaceships Trapped in Yesterday Forgione? ? The Planet That Wasn't There Heath ? The Secret of Planet "X" Ditko ? A Robot in Hiding Sinnott ?
#3, May 1959		The Terrible Time Machine Kirby Ashley Hunt The Thing from Planet X Ditko ? Robot Hater Reinman ? The Haunted House Heck ? The Aliens Who Conquered Earth! Sinnott ?
#4, July 1959		The Invisible Army Sinnott Igor Zetaxas One of Our Spacemen is Missing! Kirby living trees The Voice of Doom! ? mysterious voice Beware of the ... Robots! Williamson Joe Hughes One of Us Is a Martian! Ditko Martian saboteur Geroko
#5, September 1959		I Became a Human Robot! Sinnott Gammus, the Human Robot I Fought the Tyrannosaurus Ditko a Tyrannosaurus Rex I Walk thru Walls Reinman burglar I Travelled through Time Forgione? ? I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere! Forte ?
#6, November 1959		I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! Ditko Creature in the Swamp I Was Captured by the Cyclops Heck ? The Mutants and Me Sinnott Vincent Farnsworth Who Hides Beneath My Mask Ayers ? The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped Kirby The Luna Lizards
#7, January 1960		I Come from the Shadow World! Ditko Shadow Man I Know the Power of the Genie Heck Genie [II] My Name is Robot X Reinman Robot X [I] I Was Trapped inside of the Martian Maze! Ditko The Martians [X] I Fought the Molten Man-Thing! Kirby Molten Man-Thing
#8, March 1960		Monstro! The Menace from the Murky Depths! Kirby Monstro [II] The Story of Sammy Snork Everett Sammy Snork; The Martians [#?] I Am the Changing Man Ditko Ozak The Runaway Planet Wildey ? It Walks by Night Heck Living Robot
#9, May 1960		I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! Kirby Diablo Time on My Hands Forte ? The Wrath of Chondu Wildey Chondu the Mystic Earth Will Be Destroyed! Ditko The Gorgonians The Return of the Living Robot Heck Living Robot
#10, July 1960		I Brought the Mighty Cyclops Back to Life! Kirby Cyclops I Was Trapped in Nightmare Valley Reinman The Nightmare Trees Behind My Door Waits... Medusa! Ditko Medusa I Am the Shaggy Creature Heck Shaggy Creature
#11, September 1960		I Created Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die! Kirby Sporr I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer! Ditko Flying Saucer [II] Beware the Eyes of Igor Reinman Igor I Escaped to Another World Heck ?
#12, November 1960		I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, the Living Demon! Kirby Gor-Kill Those Who Lurk Below! Ditko The Earth Dwellers The Monster in My Cellar! Crandall Monster in the Cellar I Met the Thing on Midnight Island! Heck Ape-Creature [II]
#13, January 1961		Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip! Kirby Elektro The Demon in the Dungeon! Heck Demon in the Dungeon I Lived One Million Years Reinman Emperor When the Earth Vanished! Ditko The Goloks
#14, February 1961		I Created the Colossus! Kirby Colossus [II] I Am... Gorak! Ditko Gorak
#15, March 1961		Goom! The Thing from Planet X! Kirby Goom I Am the Living Ghost! Ditko The "Ghosts" of Blackhorn Castle Moomboo! Heck Moomboo
#16, April 1961		The Thing Called Metallo! Kirby Metallo Nightmare Heck ? The Hands of Hogarr! Reinman Hogarr
#17, May 1961		Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!! Kirby Googam There is Something Strange about Mister Jones! Heck Davy Jones What Lurks in the Mountain? Ditko The Strangers from the Stars
#18, June 1961		Kraa the Unhuman Kirby Kraa The Mysterious Mr. P Heck Mr. P Enter... the Robot! Ditko Mine Robot
#19, July 1961		The Green Thing! Kirby Green Thing The Haunted Paper! Ditko Nick Rover The Coming of Maaboo! Heck Maaboo
#20, August 1961		Colossus Lives Again Kirby Colossus [II] The Rocking Horse Reinman Hamim The Bomb Ditko benevolent aliens
#21, September 1961		Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind! Kirby Klagg; Klagg's Ship Whose Face Is in the Mirror? Ditko ? The Man from Tomorrow! Kirby Walter Phelps
#22, October 1961		Beware of ... Bruttu Kirby Bruttu Only One is Human! Heck Martian double The Anatomy of a Nightmare! Ditko The Wozuans
#23, November 1961		I Entered the Dimension of Doom! Kirby Hypno-Creature; The Two-Dimensional People The Creature from the Black Bog! Ditko Creature from the Black Bog Going Down Reinman Simon Queel The Changeling Kirby John from Centaurius II
#24, December 1961		The Insect Man Kirby Insect Man Beware... the Ticking Clocks! Kirby Klugari; Claudius Zemu; King Linus Something Lurks in the Fog! Heck things in black Long Live the King Ditko Prince Rujak
#25, January 1962		The Death of Monstrollo! Kirby Monstrollo; The Hostile Aliens The Unseen! Kirby Prof. Jason Wilkes The Hidden Face Ditko ? The Enchanted Paint! Reinman ?
#26, February 1962		It Crawls by Night! Kirby Plant Never Trust a Martian! Heck The Martians [XXII] Seven Long Years Reinman ? The Face Ditko ?
#27, March 1962		Oog Lives Again! Kirby Oog On the Trail of the Witch! Kirby Inspector Koraz John Doe Reinman John Doe His Name Was... Merlin! Ditko Merlin; Great Nero
#28, April 1962		Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis! Kirby Titan Back from the Dead! Terror Lurks on Easter Island! Kirby Captain of the Stone Men The Dummy Reinman ? The Secret of the Black Planet Ditko Black Planet alien
#29, May 1962		The Martian Who Stole a City! Kirby Martian Who Stole a City Nothing Can Save Us Kirby Fire-Breathing Monster It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop... Or Was It? Ditko Joe the barber The Thing in the Locked Room Heck ?
#30, June 1962		The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster! Kirby Walter Burke's Ghost The Creature from Krangro Kirby Creature from Krangro The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old! Heck ? Inside the Fallout Shelter! Ditko ?
#31, July 1962		The Monster in the Iron Mask! Kirby Monster in the Iron Mask The Man Who Found Shangri-La Kirby The People of Shangri-La The Crackpot Heck Elias Poole The Missing Link! Ditko "Missing Link"
#32, August 1962		The Man in the Beehive! Kirby Lucius Farnsworth; The "Giant" Bees Sazzik the Sorcerer! Kirby Sazzik the Sorcerer The One Who Isn't Human Heck Silas Cragg; Robot X-22 The Thing in the Sky! Ditko rebellious weapon
#33, September 1962		I Was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear! Kirby Hiram Cragmoor The Mystery of the Tax Collector from Space Kirby Orgg The Secret of the Mirage Heck ? Where is the Wommelly? Ditko Wommelly
#34, October 1962		I Found the Girl in the Blue Glass Bottle! Kirby Elias Dane The Forbidden World Kirby The Forbidden World Inhabitants The Coming of the Giants! Heck The Giant Aliens Who Am I? Ditko ?
#35, November 1962		I Accepted the Deadly Challenge of Zarkorr! Kirby Zarkorr I Must Enter the Tomb of Tut-Am-Tut! Heck Albert Cragg Never Threaten a Witchman! Ditko Zamoff the Witchman Revolt of the Robots Reinman rebellious robots
#36, December 1962		Meet Mr. Meek! Heck Silvester J. Meek The Final Weapon Reinman Charles Benedict The Gorilla from Outer Space Ditko Gorilla from Outer Space
#37, January 1963		Haag! Hunter of Helpless Humans! Ditko Haag A Voice in the Dark Reinman Freddy Sloan Behold -- the Monster! Ditko The Alien Armada; Display Monster
#38, February 1963		The Teen-Ager Who Ruled the World! Davis Teen-Ager's Genie We Can't All Be Human! Heck space pirates The Man in the Mirror! Ditko Silas Haggle
#39, March 1963		Iron Man is Born Heck Iron Man; Wong Chu The Last Rocket Colan ? Gundar! Ditko The Viking Ghosts
#40, April 1963		Iron Man Versus Gargantus Kirby Iron Man; Gargantus the robot Work of Art Leiber ? Prophet of Doom! Ditko ?
#41, May 1963		The Stronghold of Dr. Strange Kirby Iron Man; Dr. Strange [I] The Sorcerer's Plot Leiber ? The End of the Universe Ditko ?
#42, June 1963		Trapped by the Red Barbarian Heck Iron Man; Red Barbarian; Actor I Speak of the Haunted House! Ditko haunted house Escape into Space Leiber ?
#43, July 1963		Iron Man Vs. Kala, Queen of the Netherworld Kirby Iron Man; Queen Kala You Can't Change the Past Ditko ? I Was a Victim of Venus Leiber ?
#44, August 1963		The Mad Pharoah Heck Iron Man; Mad Pharoah One of Us Must Die Leiber ? I Come from the Sky Ditko ?
#45, September 1963		The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost Heck Iron Man; Jack Frost I Come from Far Centaurus Leiber ?
#46, October 1963		Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo Heck Iron Man; Crimson Dynamo I The Gargoyles Ditko The Gargoyles Mr. Flubb's Flashlight ? ?
#47, November 1963		Iron Man Battles the Melter Ditko Iron Man; Melter Shock! Leiber ?
#48, December 1963		The Mysterious Mr. Doll Ditko Iron Man; Mr. Doll Kraddack Leiber ?
#49, January 1964		The New Iron Man Meets the Angel Ditko Iron Man; Angel; The X-Men The Saga of the Sneepers Leiber Watcher; The Sneepers
#50, February 1964		The Hands of the Mandarin Heck Iron Man; Mandarin Journey's End Leiber Watcher
#51, March 1964		The Sinister Scarecrow Heck Iron Man; Scarecrow I The Green Thing! Leiber Fernusian The Primitive Leiber Watcher
#52, April 1964		The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! Heck Iron Man; Crimson Dynamo II; Black Widow The Seance Leiber ? The Failure Leiber Watcher
#53, May 1964		The Black Widow Strikes Again! Heck Iron Man; Black Widow The Omen  Leiber  ? The Way It Began  Leiber  Watcher
#54, June 1964		The Mandarin's Revenge! Heck Iron Man; Mandarin Skrang Strikes Tonight  Leiber ? Hands Off  Leiber Watcher

As you see, monster stories started being edged out with the introduction of the Watcher series in #49, with #54 being their last gasp. The Watcher series started with him narrating otherwise standard monster/SF stories, then moved into actual adventures of the Watcher. It remained the sole backup story until #59, when Captain America split the book with Iron Man.