Strange Tales #84

(May 1961)

The Wonder of the Ages!! Magneto! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Joe Rosen (page 1-6); Artie Simek (page 7-13)

Job Number:

V-150

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Magneto [Hunk Larken]

Synopsis:

A strong man is exploited and abandoned, unable to find work except in a freak show. His size makes him the perfect pilot for an experimental space flight, on which he gains magnetic powers. He attacks society and runs amok until a rocket is created to take him into space and find somewhere where he can fit in.

Reprints:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #24 (August 1973)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #24 (August 1973) [as "The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor!"]

Keywords:

monsters

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Magneto!"(7 pp).

The Inventor (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

F-889

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ned Carter; Mr. Jonas

Synopsis:

A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.

Reprints:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Twelve Silent Men! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-151

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Victor Fabius; Sylvestor Weems

Synopsis:

A greedy lawyer steals a time machine in order to profit from knowledge from the future. Once there he is tried for stealing the machine and his lies are useless against the telepathic jury.

Reprints:

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #143 ([no date])

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #143

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person.

They Met on Mars! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-149

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Two beings in grotesque space suits fight on Mars. One of them destroys the other's ship and escapes, with the two never knowing that they were both humans: one from the US, one from the USSR.

Reprints:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #24 (August 1973) [retouched into a SHIELD vs Hydra story]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #24 (August 1973) [retouched into a SHIELD vs Hydra story]