Strange Tales #14

(January 1953)

Horrible Herman (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Maneely (signed)

Inks:

Joe Maneely (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-399

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Herman Hooper; Betty

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

Indexer Notes

The same story as the second story in Tales to Astonish #29

The Grinning Skulls! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Werner Roth

Inks:

Werner Roth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-565

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Dr. Henrik Vandeever; Buck Morgan; Professor Stone; Skipper Eddie

Synopsis:

When a man attempts to steal skulls from a totem pole, his head becomes the latest addition to the top of the pole.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

You Only Die Once! (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (spot illo)

Inks:

? (spot illo)

Colors:

? (spot illo)

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-472

Content Information

Reprinted:

• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (December 1954) [as "The Man in Black!"]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 (2009)

How Mini-Gym Turns Dateless Dorothy Into Dazzling Dotty! (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Joe Bonomo advertisement includes a half page of sequential panel art.

The Experiment! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-541

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A scientist creates a process that he thinks will evolve a gorilla into a human being but it turns out to transpose their minds into each other's bodies.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

The Golden Coffin (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Carmine Infantino?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-487

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A man summons the ghost of King Midas and demands his power to turn objects to gold. He thinks that he will be more clever than Midas and just get the power in his right hand so that he can eat with his left, but he gets in a vehicle accident and they amputate his left hand.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

The Man Who Talked To Ghosts! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos

Inks:

Carl Burgos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-514

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

When a woman murders her husband for his money he returns as a ghost.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Carl Burgos credit from the recent Masterworks collection. Previous indexer credited Jim Mooney as the penciller, with inker unknown. As the Masterworks credits are checked by noted Atlas historian Dr. Mike Vasallo, I have gone with that credit.