Strange Tales
#41
(December 1955)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-09-06
- 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.
Man in the Dark
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as Maneely); Carl Burgos (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely; Carl Burgos (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #29 (1962) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011), #5 [Regular Edition] ([October] 2011) [cover]
-
Indexer Notes
Cover credits obtained from an article in From The Tomb #10 (June, 2003) by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo and Frank Motler via the GCD Comics Database List.
Vassallo examined this and other Burgos altered covers on his blog:
http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2016/04/happy-100th-birthday-to-ca…
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Riddle of the Skull
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- H-115
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #29 (1962)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
-
The Search!
text story / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- D-78
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Eric Dunbar; Isolda
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (September 1953) [as "The Search!"]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
-
The Fishman
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Job Number
- H-290
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Peter Maher; Elsa; Dr. Bondy
- Synopsis
- Peter Maher undergoes an operation that gives him gills so he can be with the water-breathing Elsa. Unfortunately, Elsa has the opposite surgery performed on her so she can be with the air-breathing Peter.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #82, #27 (1964 ?), #159 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #192 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis from John Kaminski. The basic premise of this story comes from O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi" (1905).
The Strange Stick
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese (sourced)
- Job Number
- G-1000
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #29 (1962)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from foreword by Michael J. Vassallo from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).
They Won't Believe
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-295
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Curt Calder
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #82, #27 (1964 ?)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #117 ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #146 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #221 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
-
Man in the Dark
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed as
Joe Orlando [ R in O ]) - Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando [ R in O ])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto (sourced)
- Job Number
- H-169
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Daniel Reed; Amy Reed
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #29 (1962)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Man in the Dark
-
1.
The Riddle of the Skull
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2.
The Search!
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3.
The Fishman
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4.
The Strange Stick
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5.
They Won't Believe
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6.
Man in the Dark
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Merlin Haas
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mazzella
- Tony R. Rose
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