Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) comic books 1955

"Flesh and Blood," "Moment of Glory" (art by Pete Tumlinson), "The Last Barrier," "The Strange Room" (art by Al Hartley), "Family Tree" (art by Mort Lawrence), and a two-page text story, "Boomerang!" Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. Danger Signal, art by Joe Sinnott; A boy playing with toy trains saves his train engineer father. My Friend Koogelle text story. The Man In the Bottle!, art by Ed Winiarski; A man gets suckered into releasing a tiny prisoner in a bottle due to promises of wealth. The Target, art by John Romita; A young boy has his interest in space travel discouraged by his parents. The Character, art by Dick Ayers. Freddie's Face, art by Art Peddy; A man's ugly face begins to look handsome as he does good deeds. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover pencils by Carl Burgos. The Man in the Sky, art by Al Hartley; A "Jack and the Beanstalk" story with a moral against being too greedy. From Outer Space text story. The Shaggy Creature!, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel; People wonder why a wealthy man carries around a teddy bear with him wherever he goes. No Escape!, art by John Forte. Time Crime, pencils by Art Peddy; A man invents a time machine in order to commit crimes. The Boy Who Saw, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. This Dark Cave, art by Bill Benulis; A man returns to his shelter after he mistakes a small town that has been evacuated in service of atomic bomb tests for the worldwide war that he has feared would come. The Search text story. A Stranger on Earth, art by Bill Everett; When an alien crash lands on Earth, he is met with violence. The Man Who Caught a Mermaid, art by John Forte. The End of Time!, art by John Forte; God intervenes directly to stop militarists from rushing towards war. No Place to Hide, pencils by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Riddle of the Skull," "The Fishman" (art by Bill Everett), "The Strange Stick" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "They Won't Believe," "Man in the Dark" (art by Joe Orlando), and a two-page text story, "The Search!" Joe Maneely cover. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.