Strange Tales #96

(May 1962)

I Dream of Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-628

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Frank Atwell

Synopsis:

Frank Atwell can't sleep because he has nightmares in which a monster tries to catch him. His doctor sedates him and he sleeps so heavily that the monster catches him before he can wake up. He discovers his dream world is the real world, and he is its king, while the mundane world was a dream, or was it?

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• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972)
• in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)

Indexer Notes

Script by Bob Bailey, 2008-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Universal Gadget (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-254

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bill Jordan

Synopsis:

A mysterious salesman offers a product that can do anything, but his customer decides that his ordinary contentment is better than the risk of the unknown.

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• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #30 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "I Dream of Doom!", while the second page is printed between "Beware the Future Man!" and "The Clock-Maker!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

The Impossible Tunnel! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-629

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Robert Saunders; Omor

Synopsis:

Robert Saunders wants to build a sub-oceanic tunnel from North America to Europe. He discovers a gentle underground civilization and he destroys the tunnel to protect them from the upper world.

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• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (March 1972)
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975)

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Bill Everett inker credit changed based on information from the Atlas/Timely discussion list. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Beware the Future Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-630

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Elsa Peterson

Synopsis:

A gangster tries to escape the police by forcing an old man to take him to another state. The old man turns out to be from the future and is looking for a male specimen to put on display.

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• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (July 1975)

Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "The Universal Gadget". Average circulation of each issue published October 1960–September 1961 (issues #82–92, despite monthly cover dates): 191,261.

The Clock-Maker! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-627

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

The Clock-Maker cannot stand anything that's not perfect. When his bookkeeper makes a mistake it sounds like he has killed him. The local police arrive to discover the bookkeeper was a clockwork man and the Clock-Maker was repairing him.

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

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)