Strange Tales #72

(December 1959)

I Fought the Colossus! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-463

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" supercomputer

Synopsis:

An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (May 1970)
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (September 1975)
• in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Weather Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-931

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Chuck; Harry Davis; Dr. Ramsay

Synopsis:

The weather reporter at a newspaper realizes that the weather is being manipulated somehow in an effort to destroy Earth's crops and helps the government stop the attack.

Reprinted:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #139 (October 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

I Was Trapped on the Ghost Ship! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-448

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Luther Storme; Jonah Morgan

Synopsis:

A cruel sea captain greedily pursues the flying Dutchman. He catches the ship, but is trapped there as a ghost, replacing the former ghost, who now can go free.

Reprinted:

• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #25 (November 1976)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

I Am the Abominable Snowman! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-464

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Charles Duntmore

Synopsis:

A thief steals a ruby from a Himalayan retreat, but a curse on the stone makes him intensely cold and forces him to wear heavy furs that keep him from returning to civilization.

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. This is a retelling of "I Captured the Abominable Snowman!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #1 (December 1958). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte (signed)

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-467

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Dirk

Synopsis:

An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessable pit of quicksand.

Reprinted:

• in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975)

I Entered the...Doorway to Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-459

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. Soviet soldiers trying to rob him run afoul of the creatures, and the man decides to threaten to open the portal to force reform.

Reprinted:

• in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.