Strange Tales
#35
(April 1955)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-01-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1955 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #29 (1962) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover credits per Dr. Michael J. Vassallo as noted in Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Strange Tales Volume 4.
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
Danger Signal!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number
- F-718
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Peter; Janet
- Synopsis
- A boy playing with toy trains saves his train engineer father when he leaves a warning light on a train rail that hasn't been switched due to the signalman's suffering a heart attack and the warning light appears in real life.
- Reprints
My Friend Koogelie
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- F-796
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Danny Wilcox; Mrs. Wilcox; Mr. Wilcox; Doctor Trimbauer; Googelie
- Reprints
- in Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #8 (February 1957) [as "Invisible Friend"]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
The Man in the Bottle!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- F-701
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Adam Halley
- Synopsis
- A man gets suckered into releasing a tiny prisoner in a bottle due to promises of wealth only to find that he must take the prisoner's place.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #64 ([No date (1960s)])
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #29 (1962)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #34 (2017)
-
The Target!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Romita (signed as John Romita)
- Inks
- John Romita (signed as John Romita)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-738
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Randy; Hoyt; Marla; Doctor Karns; Professor Bends
- Synopsis
- A young boy has his interest in space travel discouraged by his parents since they do not want him to return to Earth.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #26 (1964 ?), #155 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #189 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
The Character
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed); ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache; ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers); ? (page 4)
- Job Number
- F-723
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Merlin
- Synopsis
- Merlin takes a tour of modern day London and is disappointed when the natives fail to show the appropriate respect.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #26 (1964 ?)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #64 (1966)
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #112 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #139 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
The last page appears to be altered/redrawn by another artist, possible Sol Brodsky and/or Carl Burgos. The lettering is also be someone other than Ayers. Nick Caputo suspects the page was revised at the request of the newly formed Comics Code Authority.
Freddie's Face
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- F-733
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Freddie; Mrs Novack; Betty
- Synopsis
- A man's ugly face begins to look handsome as he does good deeds.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #64 ([No date (1960s)])
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #29 (1962)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #34 (2017)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Danger Signal!
-
2.
My Friend Koogelie
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3.
The Man in the Bottle!
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4.
The Target!
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5.
The Character
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6.
Freddie's Face
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Ethan Hoddes
- Lou Mazzella
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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