Strange Tales #63

(June 1958)

He Never Came Out! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alphonso Greene

Inks:

Alphonso Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-424

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joe Morse; Pete Atkins; Mr. Cartel

Synopsis:

A wax museum owner claims that his statues are criminals petrified by the head of Medusa. When a thief ignores this warning and tries to rob him, the museum gains a new statue.

Uncork It...If You Dare! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard O'Donnell

Inks:

Howard O'Donnell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-414

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Harold Simpson; Flora Simpson

Synopsis:

A meek man is left a bottle of gas that changes personalities. Instead of using it to become more daring, he uses it on UN diplomats. The gas has unexpected effects, but in the end he uses all of it to avert war, though no one knows the sacrifice he made.

The Drowning Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Christopher Rule

Inks:

Christopher Rule

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-367

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Joe Fulsom; Hirala

Synopsis:

A cafe owner comes across Atlanteans exiling some of their criminals. The guards save him from drowning and he is offered citizenship.

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit of J. Makowski? and ink credit of Hy Fleishman removed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

Flight Number Thirteen! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-445

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Franz; Ivan

Synopsis:

Two criminals hijack an airplane full of strangely emotionless passengers. The airplane is piloted remotely into the parallel world that the passengers came from, where the air will drain the pilots' emotions.

The Melting Pot (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-440

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Sam Barlow

Synopsis:

A convict creates a melting pot to free himself from jail to steal gold, but the pot melts the gold and leaves him trapped in molten metal.

Reprinted:

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #189

The Free Ride (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-91

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Chuck; Gus Farrell; Capt. Zingle

Synopsis:

A teenager working at an amusement park to help support his family is kind to a mysterious boy, and finds himself rewarded with a real trip to outer space.

Reprinted:

• from World of Suspense (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (August 1956) [originally titled "Rocket Time"]
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #189
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations. All future reprints of "Rocket Time" are under this title.

Too Good To Be True! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Perlin

Inks:

Don Perlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-439

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Danny; Uncle George

Synopsis:

A young boy imagines that he has a rich uncle who suddenly appears, but when he begins to doubt, the uncle fades away.