Strange Tales #69

(June 1959)

The Man In The Iron Box! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Carl Burgos

Inks:

Carl Burgos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-230

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Phineas Stokes

Synopsis:

Certain that the world will soon descend into nuclear war, a brilliant scientist goes into cryogenic suspension for a million years, hoping to awaken in a more enlightened time. Instead the world quickly retreats from war and advances rapidly. By the time he awakens, most humans have left Earth, and the few remaining are being rounded up to serve as conscripted soldiers in an alien war.

Indexer Notes

This story is retold in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #13 (January 1961) as "I Lived a Million Years!" drawn by Paul Reinman, and in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #96 (September 1963) as "Frederick Fenton's Future!" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Pencil and ink credit of Bob Forgione changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list. Lee tentatively credited as writer on the basis of his authorship of one of the retellings.

The Talent (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-992

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Harry; Bobby; Oswald

Synopsis:

A tramp comes to a farmhouse asking for a hot meal in exchange for chopping wood and impresses the family with his talking dog.

Reprinted:

• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #3 (April 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between "The Man in the Iron Box!" and "Rocket Ship X-200", while the second page is printed between "The World That Was Lost!" and "The Threat from the 5th Dimension!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

Rocket Ship X-200 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-227

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Charlie Brewster

Synopsis:

An aging space pilot is mocked for his slow ship, but when an invading armada approaches Earth his ship is the first to see it. His warning allows Earth to beat back the invasion, making him a hero and the commander of a new space patrol.

Reprinted:

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (November 1971)

Journey into Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-225

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Walter Johnson; Thomas Blake

Synopsis:

Two scientists try to travel to the future, but arrive in the stone age. They believe they have proved travel into the future impossible, not suspecting that they actually saw the world after the destruction of civilization by war.

Reprinted:

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person. Retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) as "I Dared to Look Beyond!" drawn by Steve Ditko.

The World That Was Lost! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Christopher Rule

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-226

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Captain Jordan; Linus Vermeer

Synopsis:

An old eccentric in a wheelchair hires a sea captain to take him to a spot where he believes that the lost continent of Atlantis lies. When they reach their destination he reveals himself to be a merman and thanks the sailors for bringing him home before diving overboard.

Reprinted:

• in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #9 (January 1971)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person by Captain Jordan.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "The Talent". Average sales not printed.

The Threat from the 5th Dimension! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ? (not signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-222

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

'Dr. Allen Brown' [actually a 5th dimensional invader] (only appearance for both)

Synopsis:

The 5th dimension is the dream dimension. The creatures there are trying to pass into this dimension, but belief in their existence as opposed to surmising a mere dream experience disrupts the structure of the dream dimension and forces the creatures to withdraw from our world. The narrator sells his story to Strange Tales to encourage readers to believe in the creatures and frustrate their invasion aspirations.

Reprinted:

• in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #9 (January 1971)

Indexer Notes

This story is narrated in the first person.