Strange Tales #27

(April 1954)

The Poor Old Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

An old man unintentionally summons a demon and the demon grants the man a boon. At first, he doesn't want to wish for anything because he knows that the demon will ask for his life or soul, but the demon promises not to. The man wishes for the love of a beautiful woman. He becomes chums with a Hollywood director and makes movie improvement suggestions. He becomes well off and attracts the attention of a beautiful actress. Despite his advanced years, she falls in love with him and accepts his marriage proposal. With the wedding impending, the demon appears once more before the man. The demon demands payment, but the man says that the demon agreed not to take his life or soul. The demon demands his wealth or the life of his fiance, and if he sacrifices his wealth, no one will remember him and he will return to being an unimportant old man. The man chooses to spare his fiance and he reverts back to the way he was before the demon first appeared.

The Cask In the Cave (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

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Indexer Notes

A similar story to EC's "Midnight Mess"

The Clocks (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

D-900

Progress (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Harry Anderson

Inks:

Harry Anderson

Colors:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

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. This causes his house to collapse and when he investigates, he's struck and killed by a car.

Garden of Death (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Death views the Earth as a garden and finds the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb a beautiful addition to his garden.

Suffocation (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Tony DiPreta

Inks:

Tony DiPreta

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Content Information

Synopsis:

A woman develops claustrophobia after she and her husband smother her aunt in a closet for her money.