Strange Tales #27

(April 1954)

The Poor Old Man (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

D-905

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia Harmon; Bob; John; Bruce Starr

Synopsis

A Demon offers a simple man sweeping up in a bar a wish. Knowing that the usual price for this type of offer is his soul or life, he starts to turn the Demon down. But the Demon assured him that neither of those things would be the price. So he agrees and asks for the love of a beautiful woman. When he brings this woman back to the bar, the Demon showed up and demanded his price...the life of the woman or he can go back to his simple life. He chooses to go back and the woman is left wondering why the simple man sweeping up in the bar has a strange smile while working.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

The Cask in the Cave (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)

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Letters

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Job Number

D-986

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Rodney; Jenkins; Greta; Baron Teufel

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

Indexer Notes

A similar story to EC's "Midnight Mess"

The Clocks (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

D-900

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jack Arnold; Randolph Penrose

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

Progress! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Anderson

Inks

Harry Anderson

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

D-948

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Scudder

Synopsis

When a hermit refuses to vacate his property and plants mines to halt state bulldozers, they construct the highway with a tunnel going beneath his property. This causes his house to collapse and when he investigates, he's struck and killed by a car.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

The Garden of Death! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Vern Henkel (signed as Henkel)

Inks

Vern Henkel (signed as Henkel)

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

D-902

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Death

Synopsis

Death views the Earth as a garden and finds the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb a beautiful addition to his garden.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)

Suffocation (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Tony DiPreta (signed as T. DiPreta)

Inks

Tony DiPreta (signed as T. DiPreta)

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Letters

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Job Number

E-4

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Vivian Cramm; George Cramm; Ella

Synopsis

A woman develops claustrophobia after she and her husband smother her aunt in a closet for her money.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2010)