Strange Tales
#70
(August 1959)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-04-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
A Giant Walks the Earth!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Christopher Rule
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-299
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Wilbur Fiske
- Synopsis
- A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height. The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. Just as he is about to black out, the serum wears off, and he is restored to his original height having learned to be satisfied with the way he is.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #74 - in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #5 [black and white]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #30 (1964 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #13 ([1964])
-
in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #48 (1969) -
in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #173 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #210 ([circa 1983 - 1984]) [Black and white.]
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Comic
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-214
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Stan Wepp
- Synopsis
- A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #45 (May 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Earth in Chains!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed as
Paul Reinman) - Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-279
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Xmmp; Knnj; Gyyypo
- Synopsis
- Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals. They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs.
- Reprints
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #5 [black and white]
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #68
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #30 (1964 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #13 ([1964])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #173 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #210 ([circa 1983 - 1984]) [Black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Ghost Ship!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Carl Burgos
- Inks
- Carl Burgos
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-307
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan; Ralph
- Synopsis
- The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine. The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. The aliens boarded the submarine, and the fate of the crew is unknown.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #74
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #5 [black and white]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #30 (1964 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #13 ([1964])
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #202 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil/Ink credits of "Bob Forgione ?" changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
Escape to Tomorrow!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-308
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Joe Palmer; Prof. Alvin Whitehead
- Synopsis
- A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine. He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future. Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. The technology of the police makes crime impossible, so he is forced into hard labor to survive.
- Reprints
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #5 [black and white]
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #68
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #30 (1964 ?)
- in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #48 (1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. Set in 1960. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
When Wakes the Sphinx!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- T-291
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ahmend; Okzik; Zokae
- Synopsis
- An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #91
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #5 [black and white]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31 (1964 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #13 ([1964])
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #14 (December 1974)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
When Wakes the Sphinx!
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1.
A Giant Walks the Earth!
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2.
The Comic
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3.
Earth in Chains!
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4.
Ghost Ship!
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5.
Escape to Tomorrow!
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6.
When Wakes the Sphinx!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary Henderson
- Ethan Hoddes
- machinal jocelyn
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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