Strange Tales #65

(October 1958)

Afraid To Open the Door! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Loprino

Inks:

Dan Loprino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-346

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Morse; John Hayes

Synopsis:

A thief trying to rob a reclusive scientist finds him in a room with two doors. The scientist tells him if he leaves through the wrong door he will be trapped in a shadow world of strange creatures so the criminal decides to wait until someone else enters by one of the doors so that he knows which one leads back to the ordinary world.

The House That Cried! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Christopher Rule

Inks:

Christopher Rule

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-332

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Smitty; Elvira Lanson; Luke Lanson (flashback); Fred (flashback); Helen (flashback); Tony Fargo (flashback)

Synopsis:

A hobo tries to rob an old woman in a dilapidated house who turns out to be a ghost.

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink credits of J. Makowski ? changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

The Ragged Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Richard Doxsee

Inks:

Richard Doxsee

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-486

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Otis Larr; Hubert Larr; Annie

Synopsis:

A heartless businessman gets what's coming to him when the geiger counter he keeps on his yacht goes off and he spends all his money buying worthless land because he thinks that there is a fortune in uranium underwater. It turns out that there was a nuclear sub under his yacht at the time.

The Terrible Tree! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-319

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Ross Evans

Synopsis:

A man weakens a large redwood tree so that it will fall on his farm and he can collect on the insurance policy. Objects made from the tree pursue vengeance upon him, until he finds himself trapped on a boat made of the tree out at sea.

The Perfectly Frightened Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Q. Sale

Inks:

Robert Q. Sale

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-348

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bob Franklin; Helen Franklin

Synopsis:

A man is convinced by his wife that he is the victim of a hoax designed to make him think he has inherited sorcerous powers, but when he says "I'll be a monkey's uncle", he turns into one.

The Missing Film (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Severin

Inks:

John Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-707

Content Information

Genre:

occult; spy

Characters:

Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks

Synopsis:

A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Into Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #42 (June 1956) [as "The Missing Film"]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• from Adventure Into Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

When the Curtain Falls! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-397

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Otto Groat; Carlotta Delys; Richard Sinclair

Synopsis:

A jealous stagehand swaps a real dagger for a rubber prop hoping that his actor rival will stab himself and he will be free to pursue his love interest without competition. The actor only scratches himself, however, and when the stagehand becomes trapped he fails to free himself in time armed with merely a rubber dagger.