Category: Tales of the Watcher In Tales of Suspence (1959)
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Tales Of Suspense #58:Tales Of The Watcher: The Watcher Must Die!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsFor the last of the series ‘Tales of the Watcher’ backup stories in Tales Of Suspense we have a five page story titled ‘The Watcher Must Die’ . In this story, we witness an armada led by warlord Wrogg confront the watcher on a remote asteroid. Believing that the watcher can not be as powerful as…
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Tales Of Suspense #57:Tales Of The Watcher: The Watcher’s Power
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 1.25 StarsWhile I feel with most of the super-hero stories Marvel was at least trying to be a little careful with minting some continuity, with there other stories (such as ones like the Tales Of the Watcher series) I feel they where less careful then even they should have been. For in this issue, a…
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Tales Of Suspense #56:Tales Of The Watcher: The Watcher’s Sacrifice!
Cover Date: Aug 1964 | Review: 3 StarsIn this issue, we learn of one thing that the watcher sacrifice’s for his oath and duty, how non interference can extend to love itself. it is a sad tale, of how he must forsake love; and live with that, but not without its flaws. In this issue, we see the watcher, “show himself” to the aliens on the distant…
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Tales Of Suspense #55:Tales Of The Watcher: The Sun-Stealer!
Cover Date: Jul 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsAfter our recent stories showing us some of the history of the watcher, we get a tale that shows the watcher in a more modern light, as he is visited on the moon by an alien space craft. the craft that is set on a go alto steal our earths sun. but the watcher is forbidden from interfering, only able…
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Tales Of Suspense #54:Tales Of The Watcher Hands Off!
Cover Date: Jun 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsWorry not watcher fan’s, I did not forget the tales of the watcher story when i read Tales Of Suspense last week, here is my comic book review of the one from Tales Of Suspense #54 titled “Hands Off!” After last months tale where we learn the origin of the watcher, this month we get another tale evolving…
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Tales Of Suspense #53:Tales Of The Watcher: The Way It Began…
Cover Date: May 1964 | Review: 4 StarsIt is surprising to me, that the watchers races origin, on how they became the watcher’s would be put here, in his “Tales of the Watcher” section. Up until now they been mostly stories much like the other non superhero tales that used to feature these magazines, but in this issue, we get a look into the origin of a character and race…
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Tales Of Suspense #52:The Failure!
Cover Date: Apr 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsFor this review I read the Tales of the Watcher story from Tales Of Suspense #52, this story is titled “The Failure!” and it is set in earths future, about 300 years. after all war is abolished and peace rains on earth. But then goes on to show that the focus of men, has become business.…
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Tales Of Suspense #51:Tales Of The Watcher:The Primitive!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 3 StarsNow I move on to another inspired story in the “Tales Of The Watcher” series. This one, as told from the watcher, is of a human space explorer, seeking out intelligent life, and from planet to planet he finds nothing but lower life forms, be them animals or just primitives, and concludes that these lower forms have nothing…
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Tales Of Suspense #50:Tales Of… The Watcher! Journey’s End
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsToday’s review focuses on the Tales of The Watcher from Tales Of Suspense #50. In this tale, titled Journey’s end, we here the wondrous story of a Meek Man from the 21st century. The tale of one space pilot named Wilbur Weems. Weems volunteers for a one way mission in space, as he see’s that unlike his pears he has no reason…
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Tales Of Suspense #49:Tales Of The Watcher: The Saga Of The Sneepers
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsThis story, much like the one by the wasp reviewed yesterday is framing a tale around the words of the Watcher. This tale, the tale of the Sneepers, Earths greatest and unmet rivals from afar, is a great one to start these tales with. to summarize the story, the Sneepers are an advanced race of conquers and slavers, whom…