Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) comic books

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Cover art maybe by Carl Burgos. The Strange Men, art by Paul Reinman; Doctor Lemut from Saturn discusses his plans for Earth conquest with a captured Navy pilot, but the man succeeds in escaping. The Beast, art by Manny Stallman; An evil man is regressed into an ape and he attacks and kills the experimenter; The authorities capture and place him in a zoo. The Room That Didn't Exist. A Call In the Night, art by George Tuska. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Evil Eye," art by Bill Everett; Prof. Lyle Chambers summons a gigantic, floating eye from outer space, which has the power to shoot death rays and blow up buildings merely by looking at them; Chambers' idea is to force the government to make him the dictator of America in exchange for removing the destructive force, but the eye eventually turns on him and blasts him into nothingness. "Dial...City Morgue!", art by Sol Brodsky; Our protagonist, Ted, uses his new phone in an attempt to call a business rival, but instead hears a mysterious voice saying "City Morgue!"; Just ten minutes later, Ted's rival dies in a hit-and-run killing. "Sculpture of Death" text story. "It!", art by John Romita; Bill and Jenny, a young married couple, adopt a baby, but they are soon plagued by a mysterious series of accidents, including a poisoned mug of coffee and a house fire; Jenny trips over the baby's teddy bear and falls down the stairs to her death; the story is a swipe of Ray Bradbury's "The Small Assassin." "The Man on the Beach!", art by Bill LaCava; While walking on the beach, a young couple encounters a ragged beachcomber who claims that the world is doomed; He explains that he used to be a clumsy and inept bookkeeper named Robert Gordon who was transported 5,000 years into the future as part of a scheme to save the world. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Room Without a Door, script by Hank Chapman, art by Joe Maneely; A scientist rejects science as useless for discovering the secret of time travel and turns to black magic instead; When he hears of a woman related to a witch burned in 1692 living nearby, he spies on her through a window and sees her summon the ghost of her ancestor. Welcome To the Werewolves text story. Little Man Who Was There, art by Jim Mooney; Dennis Ames keeps seeing a strange little man just before some disaster happens that he narrowly escapes, and he eventually comes to realize that he can't escape forever, because the little man is Death. The Trap, script by Carl Wessler, art by Manny Stallman. My Brother Harry, art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos. "My Brother Talks To Bats!", art by Joe Maneely; Our narrator is a boy who lives in the Hungarian village of Sverna; His older brother George frequently sneaks out of the house and goes to a nearby castle which is said to have once been the home of Dracula; There, George finds a group of giant bats, and he talks to them about his worrying urges to drink human blood. "He Wished He Was A Vampire," art by Gene Colan; A teenager named George likes going to Dracula movies and biting audience members on the neck; When he goes home, he is shadowed by a mystery man who claims to be a "student of the occult." "The Strange Hat" text story. "Tap! Tap! Tap!", art by Joe Sinnott; After attacking an American destroyer during the Korean War, a Communist submarine hastily submerges, despite the fact that one of its crewmembers was still on deck fixing a gun; Underwater, the submarine's crew begins to hear a mysterious tapping sound which increases their terror and gives away their position to the American destroyer. "Who Stands In the Shadows?", art by Pete Tumlinson; Len Ambers loves his house, but his wife Lucy deliberately makes life difficult for him by insisting that they move to a smaller residence; One night, Len meets an odd little man named Bernie who suggests that Len should murder Lucy. "The Horrible Man," script by Carl Wessler, art by Werner Roth; Hugo Ryner, the richest man in the European town of Dachshaven, hates almost everything and everyone in the world, but reserves a special hatred for cats; He pays an old gypsy woman for a poison which kills every cat in the village; This leads to a massive rat infestation. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Blind Date, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone; He hits on her; She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. Death Finds a Way text story. The Strange Game, art by Marty Elkin; A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts. The Man From Mars, script by Stan Lee, art by Bob Fujitani. Drink Deep, Vampire, art by Joe Sinnott. The Voice of Doom, art by Bill Benulis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Boy Who Was Afraid, art by Bernie Krigstein; A boy doesn't want to play outside because if he steps on the cracks in the pavement the ground will swallow him up. Dream of Death text story. The Monster's Son, art by Jim Mooney; Frankenstein's monster creates an heir. The Frightful Feet, art by Bill Benulis; A rabbit hunter who hacks off their feet to sell as good luck charms has the tables turned on him. The Hidden Head, art by Ed Winiarski. Keep Out, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Witching Hours!, art by Ed Goldfarb; A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. The Power of Hatred text story. Death Makes a Deal!, art by Ed Robbins; A washed-up reporter needs to come up with a scoop or he will be fired; He meets Death, who reveals future tragedies to him so that he can write up the stories. The Hiding Place, script by Carl Wessler, art by John Tartaglione; Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. The Bugs, art by Larry Woromay. The Secret of Christopher Morse, art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. You Can't Kill Me, script by Stan Lee, art by Harry Anderson; A scientist develops a method of reattaching severed heads. The Hitchhiker text story. The Man In the Mud, art by Sy Barry. The Sissy, art by Bob Brown. Suicide, art by Louis Zansky. They Made Me a Ghost, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A condemned man makes a deal with Satan to be made a ghost so that he can haunt the judge responsible for his sentence. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Danny Had a Dream," art by Joe Sinnott; Danny, a kid living on a farm, dreams of growing up and creating a powerful weapon which he can use to conquer the world; To get started on his task, he decides to gather some old junk and build a model of the machine which he envisions. "Feud!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jerry Robinson; A stranger in a mountain town comes across a murdered man, but the local sheriff refuses to do anything about it; The sheriff explains that the dead man is a member of the Ratfield family, who have been feuding with the McKay clan for years. "I Am a Vampire" text story. "The Big Kill," art by Charles A. Winter; This story's narrator claims that he's responsible for thousands of deaths every year, yet people love him and always want to make him a part of their lives. "5 Years Too Late!"; Released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, Birdie Salvo prepares to pick up his hidden loot; However, he gets picked up by some members of his former gang, who force him to tell them where the money is hidden. "Father-In-Law Trouble," art by Dick Briefer; Jeff Mitchell marries a woman for her money, but he soon finds out that her father, Mr. Hudson, has cut off her inheritance because he (correctly) considers Jeff to be a "cheap fortune-hunter"; Angrily, Jeff pushes his wife off a cliff and pretends that she fell off by accident. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. "The Extra Coffin," art by Larry Woromay; The uncle of two sponges has had enough so he orders coffins fitted for them; When the two make a deal with the coffin maker to pad his bill so that they can split the extra cash, the uncle orders an extra coffin and offers the coffin maker a modeling fee if he will lie down in it after the other two are sealed in the air tight coffins placed in the cellar. "Flight to Where" text story. "You Made the Pants Too Long," art by Fred Kida; A tailor's obnoxious customer meets his end when he refuses to heed a warning about staying out of the man's pressing room invention that can press multiple suits of clothes at once. "The Rag Doll," art by Joe Certa; An abusive foster parent is concerned about an agency evaluation so when one of her charges acts up, instead of hitting him like she usually would do, she hands the child a rag doll and tells him to take out his anger on the doll. "The Farmer Takes a Life!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bob Fujitani; A sadistic farmer who beheads chickens merely to watch their headless bodies run around gets the tables turned on him. "Look Out," art by George Tuska; A man in an auto accident attempts to con the insurance company out of a fat settlement by pretending to be blind, but fate has the last laugh when he is warned about a falling window box and believes it to be a trick. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Man Who Cried Vampire, art by Joe Maneely; A rancher tries to get rid of his wife by telling stories of vampires out amongst the cattle in order to shock her. Sorcerer's Justice text story. Ball of Fire, art by Tony DiPreta; A meteorite fuses itself to missing fragments. The Last Flying Saucer, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett; An alien brings the secret of eternal life, but fearful humans blow up his flying saucer. The Man From Tomorrow, pencils by John Forte. The Monkey Glands, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Last Stop, art by Gene Colan; When a gangster carries out a mob hit, he unintentionally catches his wife and children in the crossfire. Guinea Pig, art by Jack Katz; When a scientist rockets his assistant into space, aliens capture the craft and inject the man with a serum that increases his strength and drives him mad. The Busybody text story. A Grave Mistake, art by Tony DiPreta. To the Stars, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; In 1980, men build a colony on the moon. It Could Be You, art by Vic Carrabotta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. The Poor Old Man, art by John Forte; An old man unintentionally summons a demon. The Cask In the Cave, art by Joe Sinnott. The Clocks text story. Progress, art by Harry Anderson; When a hermit refuses to vacate his property and plants mines to halt state bulldozers, they construct the highway with a tunnel going beneath his property. Garden of Death, art by Vernon Henkel. Suffocation, art by Tony DiPreta; A woman develops claustrophobia after she and her husband smother her aunt in a closet for her money. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. Come Share My Coffin, art by Pete Tumlinson; A prison commandant learns through an informant that prisoners are escaping by being placed in coffins with the dead and later dug up. The Strange Man text story. With Knife In Hand, art by Jack Katz; A surgeon starts performing procedures for gangsters in order to make money for his wife. The Coward, art by Bob Forgione. Voices, art by Don Perlin; A radio operator builds a set that can pick up broadcasts from the future. The Slums, art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. Man Or Beast, art by Paul Reinman. The Ticket text story. The Dreadful Disguise, art by Al Eadeh. Harley's Friend, art by Bob McCarty. The Wrong Man, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Horrible Years, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "The Man Who Turned Off the Sun!", art by Vic Carrabotta; A scientist invents a nuclear vapor which temporarily blots out the sun's rays as a defense against atomic weapons, but gets no respect from his shrew wife. "Music in the Air" text story. "The Girl Who Wouldn't Speak," art by Joe Maneely; A lovelorn writer creates a female character that he falls in love with and sees her appear one evening while out for a walk. "The Discovery," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bob Powell; A manager thinks he's made a great discovery when he finds a kid with a great pitching arm, but he costs them the series when he's put in the last game and the manager realizes that he's never played baseball before. "The Bell That Wouldn't Stop," art by Bill Benulis; A church bell rings nonstop so that all the townspeople gather outside the church and are spared devastation from an earthquake. "The Secret Weapon," art by John Forte; The folk of a small town experiencing a drought make a scapegoat out of a companion of some scientists who remains aloof; They ask him to leave town but have to apologize when they find out he is a robot with the mental capacity to figure out a way to make it rain for them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "A Stroke of the Pen," pencils by Jack Katz; A miser who owns many pieces of Americana is surprised to learn that a pen which belonged to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence has written a check by itself for a million dollars of his money to a charity benefiting refugees from tyranny around the world. "The Richest Man in the World," art by Mort Lawrence; A story that shares plot elements with Frederick Pohl's satire "Midas World." "Too Many Robots," art by Vic Carrabotta; A robot that is mistaken for human quells a potential riot against his kind. "The Hero" text story, art by John Romita. "Out of the Storm!", art by Dick Ayers; After sled dogs perish in a fire, their ghosts lead a stranded man in a blizzard to safety. "Don't Think So Loud," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Art Peddy; When a business tycoon gains the power to read the minds of others, he realizes that he is thought of poorly and changes his stingy ways. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Karnoff's Plan, art by Bill Everett; A Puppet Master type story, but the character's material works on buildings as well as people. Music Master text story. Blind Spot, art by Sid Greene; A homely alien plans to recommend humans be destroyed to preserve the galactic peace. The Secret of the Ship, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; A young boy who plays with toy ships loses his paper route job when he is late once too often. The Man Mountain, art by Norman Maurer. Five Who Volunteered, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Man Who Lived Twice, art by Tony DiPreta; A man dying on the operating table finds that time has stopped for everybody but him. The Swami text story. I Saved Mankind, pencils by John Forte; A man drives off aliens that were attempting to pour canisters into water reservoirs. Behind the Mask, art by Bob Brown; A clown who can't have children finds an abandoned baby and takes him in. The Mysterious Machine, pencils by Larry Woromay, inks by Steve Kirkel. The Mysterious Machine, pencils by Larry Woromay, inks by Steve Kirkel. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Man Who Ran Away!, art by Bob Forgione. One World at a Time!, art by Joe Orlando. The Stone text story. The Mysterious Border, art by Robert Sale. Look Out Below, art by Bob Powell. Safari In the Sky!, art by Ed Winiarski. Take A Giant Step, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Sands Are Running Out, art by Joe Sinnott; A man acquires an hourglass that can send him into the future. The Man From Nowhere, art by Joe Orlando; A Martian scientist who appears among humans by harnessing the power of lightning bolts finds that his method of travel disturbs people. Repeat Performance, art by John Severin; A tourist couple encounter Paul Revere when he comes back to view Battle Green. Planet X text story. The Wild, Wild Wind, pencils by Dick Ayers. You Must Not Look, art by Paul Reinman. The Greatest Experiment, art by Steve Ditko. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Deserted Lighthouse, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel. The Man Who Stole a Skyscraper, art by Manny Stallman. The Men In Space, art by Bill Walton. I've Got To Hide, art by Mort Meskin. Muscle Man text story. Medicine Man, art by Ed Winiarski. The Last of Mr. Grimm, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Inside the Black Bag" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "The Girl Who Saved the World!" (art by Joe Orlando), "Not Quite Human," "What Happened to Mr. Smith?" (art by Harry Lazarus), "The Animal," "The Man Who Cried" (art by John Forte), and a two-page text story, "The Weatherman." 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.