Strange Tales #45

(April 1956)

Land of Vanishing Men (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks:

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

H-594

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Ted Benson; Joe Ausler; Larry Wiley

Synopsis:

Three men who dream of the adventure of knights join a mirage in the desert set during the Crusades.

Reprints:

• 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).

The Night People (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks:

Jack Abel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-26

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Felix Hunter

Synopsis:

A cowardly boy is ashamed when space aliens interrogate him for when would be the best time to invade and he is too frightened to even lie to them. They let him go so he can check the paper for the best time to invade and he regrets his cowardice. When he sees tomorrow is the fourth of July he tells the aliens to invade after nightfall and the fireworks display frightens them off.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #191 (?)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from foreword by Michael J. Vassallo from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).

The Eyes of Mr. Moody! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Jack Keller [as J. K.] (signed)

Inks:

Jack Keller [as J. K.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

H928

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Orville Moody

Synopsis:

A timid hypnotist hypnotizes himself hoping to give himself the daring to succeed in business, but after coming out of his trance, he realizes that the wealth he had thought he accumulated over the course of one year was all in his mind.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #191 (?)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from foreword by Michael J. Vassallo from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).

The Strange Exchange! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J14

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Anders

Synopsis:

An employee of the state department who wishes for an out of the way assignment gets his wish when he becomes the envoy for the Martian embassy.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #191 (?)

The Impersonation (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

8285

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Johnny Graham; Milly Borden; Alice Van Sweldt; Henry Van Sweldt; Marlin Van Sweldt

Reprints:

• from Girl Comics (Marvel, 1949 series) #9 (July 1951) [as "The Impersonation"]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)

The Man Who Went Back! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler ?

Pencils:

Bernie Krigstein (signed)

Inks:

Bernie Krigstein (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

H977

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Jerry Mason

Synopsis:

A man who can experience the past in his imagination goes back to the creation.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #191 (?)

Indexer Notes

Possible Wessler credit per Robin Snyder.

Sorry, Wrong Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Joe Sinnott ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

H-592

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jeff Miller

Synopsis:

An alien with orders to colonize Earth lands and asks the first person he sees if he is on Earth. The man sarcastically answers him "No, it's Mars." The alien disappears and scientists detect through telescopes the colonization activity on Mars, which the alien has mistaken for Earth.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 ([October] 2011)