Tales of Suspense #9 for Sale - First Appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: May 1960
Key date: 1960-05-00
On-sale date: 1959-12-28
Indicia publisher: Male Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chondu the Mystic - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Diablo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Diablo!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Diablo First
1	I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ulysses Bloodstone First, Diablo First
2	The Mirror	text story	1.75	letters: typeset	Bruce Morton; Miss Coleman
3	The Wrath of Chondu!	comic story	3	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Doug Wildey; inks: Doug Wildey; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Chondu the Mystic First
4	Time on My Hands!	comic story	3	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
5	Earth Will Be Destroyed!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
6	Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
7	The Return of the Living Robot!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Living Robot [John]; Cyril Stretford

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Strange Tales Annual #1	1962	On eBay ›
Weird Wonder Tales #7	1974	On eBay ›
Monsters on the Prowl #30	1974	On eBay ›
Crypt of Shadows #19	1975	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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