Strange Tales
#13
(December 1952)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-09-08 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The copyright date for this issue listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 6, Part 2, No. 1-2, Periodicals, Jan.-Dec. 1952 is incorrectly recorded as "Dec. 8". The same date is recorded in the September 29, 1980 copyright renewal. Based on the copyright dates for the surrounding issues, the correct date is likely September 8.
Death Makes a Deal!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Witching Hours!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-348
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Tony Marden; Linda; Henry
- Synopsis
- A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. After he clouts her over the head, she tells him "Now that we're married, you'll have to stop being so mean to mother."
- Reprints
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973) which is reprinted
-
in Vampyr (Interpresse, 1972 series) #7 ([1973]) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
The Power of Hatred
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- B-5
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Warren Courtney; Julie Courtney; Doctor Martin
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
Death Makes a Deal!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-277
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Frank Kane; Jim; Death
- Synopsis
- 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, but there is a heavy price to pay.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
The Hiding Place
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- John Tartaglione (signed as JT)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (signed as JT)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-262
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nick; Rudy; Bart; Sullivan; Brophy, McKee; Wallace
- Synopsis
- Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. but each one plots to get the loot for himself, which leads to their deaths.
- Reprints
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
credits from the Masterworks reprint.
The Bugs
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Woromay (signed as LW)
- Inks
- Larry Woromay (signed as LW)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-341
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Alien scientists are disgusted when they look at the humans they have collected from Earth under their microscopes and recommend that the small planet be destroyed.
- Reprints
- in Dracula (Interpresse, 1972 series) #9 (1973)
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
The Secret of Christopher Morse
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed-Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed-Win)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese (sourced)
- Job Number
- B-386
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Christopher Morse; George Hart; Helga Frome; Ben Stahl
- Synopsis
- A reclusive actor refuses to leave the stage to act in films. An accident reveals his true hideous face which causes him to kill his fiancee and then himself.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Death Makes a Deal!
-
1.
The Witching Hours!
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2.
The Power of Hatred
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3.
Death Makes a Deal!
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4.
The Hiding Place
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5.
The Bugs
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6.
The Secret of Christopher Morse
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- John Censullo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Ethan Hoddes
- Per Sandell
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