Strange Tales #67

(February 1959)

Trapped Between Two Worlds! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-99

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jeff Raye; Butch; Noki

Synopsis:

A scientist working on a matter transporting device accidentally transports himself to a distant planet of warlike aliens. They read his mind in order to use his device for conquest. He steals back their record of his thoughts and escapes back to Earth, where he destroys his machine to prevent anyone using it to invade.

I Seek the Sea Serpent (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-116

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Prof. Efrem Marsh

Synopsis:

A scientist tracks down a sea serpent, but the crew of his ship panics and kills it. When they try to recover the creature's body they discover that it was an alien trying to communicate with humans after crash landing on Earth centuries ago.

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

I Was the Invisible Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Christopher Rule

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-97

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Adam Clayton

Synopsis:

A scientist uses a device that makes the particles of a living body move at the speed of light, rendering him invisible to the eye. He conducts a series of stunts in order to build up a name for himself so he can them go public and cash in. After forty days he glances into the mirror and realizes that he has aged forty years during that time due to a side effect. He realizes with the little time left to him that he can no longer use his knowledge for selfish gain.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963)
• in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. Adam Clayton was mentioned in Marvel Universe (1998 series) which places this story in Marvel continuity.

Discovery (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-479

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee

Synopsis:

A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Man Who Never Was! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carl Burgos

Inks:

Carl Burgos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-114

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Prof. Philip Atherton; Eric Bohn

Synopsis:

A scientist's assistant uses a time machine to travel to the past in order to find a pirate's treasure and get rich. While in the past he is attacked by the pirates, and unknowingly kills one of his own ancestors, erasing his own existence.

Reprints:

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #121 ([circa 1976])

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person. Pencil and ink credit of Bob Forgione changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.