([December] 2013)

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Volume
6
Price
74.99 USD
Pages
252
On-sale Date
2013-12-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
978-0-7851-5929-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780785159292 57499
Editing
Cory Sedlmeier

Issue Notes

Reprints Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 Series) #49-57.
This volume marks the final Atlas Era release in the series of Marvel Masterworks.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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horror-suspense
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Marvel Masterworks Presents Atlas Era Strange Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

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Title page, indicia and publishing credits.

Marvel Masterworks Credits/Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

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Table of contents overlaid on an Atlas logo.

The History of Atlas Horror/Fantasy Post-Code 1956-57 (Table of Contents: 3)

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Dr. Michael J. Vassallo
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Overview and analysis of the stories presented in this volume.

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

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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Inside the Black Bag (Table of Contents: 5)

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Mac L. Pakula
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Mac L. Pakula
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Lost in the jungle, Craig stumbles into a magical city where the leader, Igharo, shows how he can create gems from thin air. Craig takes the gems and leaves the city but the gems become mere stones and he suffers a long recuperation from his time in the jungle.
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The Girl Who Saved the World (Table of Contents: 6)

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Joe Orlando
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Joe Orlando
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fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Vickie wishes she could do something heroic for others. When aliens try to impress her with their weapons none of it works because she's blind. Not realizing this, the aliens think humans are fearless and abandon their plans.
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Not Quite Human (Table of Contents: 7)

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Christopher Rule
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Christopher Rule
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fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Benton builds a robot but it begins to plot the overthrow of humanity and builds a second model. The robot kills Benton and escapes but it is raining outside and the robot rusts into immobility.
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What Happened to Mr. Smith? (Table of Contents: 8)

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Harry Lazarus
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Smith is a heartless businessman until one day everything with his name on it vanishes, making him a man without an identity. After selflessly giving his last money to a little boy Smith's old life is restored.
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The Weatherman (Table of Contents: 9)

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K-71
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fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
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Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
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In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
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The Animal (Table of Contents: 10)

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Bob Brown
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Bob Brown
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While preparing to get rid of Joey's dog, Fred's car is struck by lightning and he finds himself and the dog in an alien environment being studied by two sphere-like aliens. After seeing how compassionate the dog is, the aliens conclude the dog is the higher form of life.
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The Man Who Cried (Table of Contents: 11)

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Jack Oleck
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John Forte
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John Forte
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A ship's captain loses his steady nerves and realizes it's time for him to retire - he's 16 years old, making him an 'old man' in the service.
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

The End of the Line (Table of Contents: 12)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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The End of the Line (Table of Contents: 13)

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Paul Reinman
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Paul Reinman
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J-989
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fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Peter creates a formula which disintegrates matter. He considers using it but after seeing spectral figures from the future who wish to stop him from unleashing its power he realizes he must hold back his discovery.
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Both of Me! (Table of Contents: 14)

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Harry Lazarus
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Harry Lazarus
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K-55
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Eliot creates a robot double so he has a perfect alibi for crimes but repents the decision and tells the robot to destroy itself. Eliot settles into a law-abiding career but the robot resurfaces, committing crimes. Eliot destroys it and clears his name.
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The Fog That Couldn't Lift! (Table of Contents: 15)

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Steve Ditko (signed)
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Steve Ditko (signed)
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Job Number
K-30
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Earth surrounds itself with a fog to wards off invaders from Xanu. Karall stops them by opening a portion of the fog, causing them to crash into the North Atlantic Ocean.
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The World Outside! (Table of Contents: 16)

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Bill Benulis
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Bill Benulis
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K-76
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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A criminal finds himself alone in New York, the city deserted. He goes home to find himself asleep and soon wakes up. He awakens to find himself alone in New York City.
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The Newshound (Table of Contents: 17)

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Job Number
K-241
Genre
science fiction
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Snoop Scooper; Marsha Marlow
Synopsis
A reporter with an uncanny nose and a woman with keen hearing and become the blueprints for a new breed of journalists.
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The Needle Swings! (Table of Contents: 18)

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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Job Number
K-35
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Muller is captured by the East German police and interrogated, but he passes their lie detector test because the machine had been built in West Germany.
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Sleep, You Fool! (Table of Contents: 19)

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John Forte
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John Forte
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J-997
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Annoyed at the attention Bud gets from Joyce, Perry tries to trick Bud into thinking they've both been asleep for 20 years like Rip Van Winkle. However it actually transpires that Perry sleeps for 20 years and awakens to find Bud and Joyce got married.
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The Insects! (Table of Contents: 20)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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Stan Goldberg ?
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horror-suspense
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The Insects! (Table of Contents: 21)

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Paul Reinman
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Paul Reinman
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J-823
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Coast Guard finds a freighter full of strange insects. After they destroy the freighter, Rollins admits the insects were robots he built to conquer the world.
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Inside the Black Box (Table of Contents: 22)

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Carl Wessler
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Herb Familton
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Herb Familton
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Job Number
J-732
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Don travels through a portal to 1697 where he intends to witness the burial of Captain Kidd's treasure by joining Kidd's crew. Don falls in love with Cora and decides to remain in 1697 with her, but she chooses Kidd. When he returns to the present and digs up the treasure he finds a letter from Cora telling him Kidd would have killed him if she hadn't agreed to be with him.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

No Place on Earth! (Table of Contents: 23)

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Carl Wessler
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Harry Lazarus
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Harry Lazarus
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Job Number
J-733
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
After learning Mercurians settled among the people of Lakeville and gradually assumed human appearance, Dave goes back to 1756 to prevent the Mercurians from colonizing there, thinking his stepbrother Phil is a Mercurian. In the altered timeline, Dave lives on Mercury - because he's one of the green-skinned Mercurians.
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Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

He Stalks by Night! (Table of Contents: 24)

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Bob Powell
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Bob Powell
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J-744
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A planter in India is nearly convinced of superstitions concerning were-tigers after he slays its mate, but it turns out to be a plot by one of the locals to seize control of the village.
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Over the Moon (Table of Contents: 25)

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Job Number
J-884
Genre
science fiction
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Mr. Collins; Jim
Synopsis
A science fiction movie director gets some help from a real alien and flying saucer, but the film bombs when the footage of the saucer is dismissed as too phony-looking.
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Blackout! (Table of Contents: 26)

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Hy Fleishman
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Hy Fleishman
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Job Number
J-787
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Al and Jose's careers collapse and both turn to crime. Fleeing from the law they find themselves before a white-haired figure who gives them a glimpse of what their lives would be like if they had remained 'pure'. They briefly get to enjoy their careers again, but then return to the scenes of their arrests by the police.
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The Thing in the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 27)

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Bernard Baily
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Bernard Baily
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Job Number
J-692
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Cliff Morgan
Synopsis
A man arrives at a hidden temple deep in the jungle to find three others ahead of him. The temple informs him that they are really aliens and the temple is a rescue ship that broadcast images of the temple onto movie screens that only they could see which is why they felt compelled to seek out the temple. The man realizes that he is not one of the aliens since he has not been to the movies, but is undecided whether he should reveal himself or go along with the aliens and leave Earth.
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You Can't Find Me! (Table of Contents: 28)

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Carl Burgos
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Carl Burgos
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Stan Goldberg ?
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fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Cover credits obtained from an article in From The Tomb #10 (June, 2003) by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo and Frank Motler via the GCD Comics Database List.

Simon's Stooge! (Table of Contents: 29)

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Joe Sinnott
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Joe Sinnott
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K-586
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Simon exploits Lobar's power to read minds. When Lobar breaks up the act, Simon insists on going with Lobar wherever he's headed. Lobar brings Simon back to Pluto with him where Simon's inability to read minds makes him Lobar's comical assistant.
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Who Lurks There? (Table of Contents: 30)

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Dave Berg
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Dave Berg
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K-482
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Tiny men react to the arrival of normal-sized humans but fail to sabotage their expedition.
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The Empty Chair (Table of Contents: 31)

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Carl Wessler
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Joe Orlando
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Joe Orlando
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Job Number
K-658
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Seth wants his cousin Tommy's inheritance and makes a deal with a time traveler from 1976 to hold the money for him so Tommy won't inherit it, but the time traveler is Tommy's future self.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

The Frightened Man (Table of Contents: 32)

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Carl Wessler
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Bob Powell
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Bob Powell
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K-490
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Rolf steals government bonds. Hiding from the police, he meets an inventor who shares a potion which will teleport the person who ingests it to any place they desire. After seeing other parts of his nation torn apart by invasion Rolf realizes his country needs the bonds so he willingly returns them.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

The Hidden Mountain (Table of Contents: 33)

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H-58
Genre
science fiction
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The Last of Professor Hogarth (Table of Contents: 34)

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Ed Winiarski
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Ed Winiarski
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K-579
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
After Hogarth is badly wounded in an earthquake he reveals to Kalmus he can transfer his mind into another body. He enters the body of a dog, but aware Kalmus is power-mad pretends he's now a normal dog.
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You Can't Find Me! (Table of Contents: 35)

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Gray Morrow
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Gray Morrow
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Job Number
K-562
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
The crew of Patrol Ship XBY has just docked and is going berserk, smashing everything inside. The guards find a diary on one of crew, which reveals they were brainwashed by an alien ruler, however the diary was false as it was written by an alien who hopes to steal top secret plans and make good his escape. He is revealed and captured by a vigilant guard, who noticed he was immune to female charms (especially after a long tour of space-patrol duty).
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The Gray Thing (Table of Contents: 36)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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Stan Goldberg ?
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I Died Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 37)

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Pete Morisi
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Pete Morisi
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K-777
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Earl invents a time machine and soon people want him to predict the future. Kay worries he's making the future because he insists time cannot be altered. Earl learns of he and Kay's deaths in a fire in his lab, but they wind up surviving when it happens - the newspapers which report their deaths are in error.
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The Brute! (Table of Contents: 38)

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Carl Wessler
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John Forte
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John Forte
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Job Number
K-756
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Brute is hired by gangsters to assault their rivals but one day he disappears. Dr. Marcland realizes the Brute was really Brutus and has gone back to his own time to kill Caesar and the men of his own time are counterparts for today's gangsters.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

They Crawl by Night! (Table of Contents: 39)

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Vic Carrabotta
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Vic Carrabotta
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Job Number
K-847
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Ed stumbles across of underground creatures who want him to help lead them in conquest but he escapes them and seals up the entrance. He doesn't want the responsibility of leadership.
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What Stanley Saw! (Table of Contents: 40)

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Carl Wessler
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Angelo Torres
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Angelo Torres
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K-720
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Stanley sees a spaceship but no one believes him and his boss lets him go. Stanley finds the aliens from the ship, who prove to be Plutonians. His boss and fiancee also see the aliens, but Stanley asks them to keep their existence a secret so they can end their wandering and live on Earth in peace. Stanley gets his job back.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

The Thirtieth Century (Table of Contents: 41)

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G-790
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science fiction
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Zed; Zack
Synopsis
A boy celebrates the turn of the millennium with a special trip to the moon.
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This story is set at the end of the 29th century.

The Gray Thing! (Table of Contents: 42)

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Gene Colan
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Gene Colan
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K-739
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
An antique dealer has a robot which was the property of a 17th century nobleman.
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The Man Who Crushed Rocks! (Table of Contents: 43)

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Reed Crandall
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K-834
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
In a swamp Kenyon finds water which grants him superhuman strength. He tries to go on a crime spree but Sheriff Taylor knows about the water and once it wears off Kenyon, he uses the water to easily capture his foe.
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The Long Sleep! (Table of Contents: 44)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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A Witch by Night (Table of Contents: 45)

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John Forte
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L-3
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Ben meets young Abby and discovers she's a witch. Abby falls in love with him and, afraid of her power, he marries her.
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Indexer Notes

A story that shares plot elements with The Twilight Zone's "It's A Good Life".

The Long Sleep! (Table of Contents: 46)

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Carl Wessler
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Gray Morrow
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Gray Morrow
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Job Number
L-40
Genre
crime; science fiction
Synopsis
A criminal thinks he has shot a night watchman and goes into suspended animation for forty years so that the police will forget about him, but when he comes out of the suspended animation, he reads in the old newspaper that his partner was the one who wounded the night watchman earlier in the evening and the police never suspected him.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

Something Strange on the Sand! (Table of Contents: 47)

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Doug Wildey
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K-962
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A man finds a city with a treasure that only appears once every several years and attempts to steal the treasure but fails.
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Trapped in the Dark! (Table of Contents: 48)

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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Job Number
K-931
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A swindler whose conscience is bothering him finds himself locked in an amusement park fun house where he sees visions of the people he has cheated.
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Robot Inventor (Table of Contents: 49)

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F-889
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.
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Original title: "The Inventor."

The Man Who Talked! (Table of Contents: 50)

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Bob Powell
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Bob Powell
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K-947
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A ventriloquist loses his dummy overboard and the island natives are about to destroy it when the ventriloquist speaks for the dummy many miles away.
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The Punishment of Paul Phillips! (Table of Contents: 51)

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George Roussos
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George Roussos
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Job Number
L-13
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
When a man testifying in court dreams of being executed due to circumstantial evidence he changes his attitude.
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Jack-in-the-Box! (Table of Contents: 52)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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Stan Goldberg ?
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Artie Simek ?

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The Jack-in-the-Box (Table of Contents: 53)

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Mac L. Pakula
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Job Number
L-177
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Carter's party are told to keep away from the elephants' graveyard lest they offend the Elephant God. Carter doesn't believe in the warnings, only to be confronted by the 300 foot tall Elephant God.
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Octopus! (Table of Contents: 54)

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Carl Wessler
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Tony DiPreta
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Tony DiPreta
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Job Number
L-172
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
In 1980, Bruce goes to sea to test his Histrometer and speak to people in the past. When a giant octopus menaces the ship he contacts his self in 1954 when he's serving in the US Navy and the Navy destroys the octopus then, removing it from 1980.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

What Goes On Down There? (Table of Contents: 55)

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John Giunta
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John Giunta
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L-270
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
People from an underground kingdom head to the surface to conquer humanity, only to find they're smaller than ants.
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The Spirit of '76 (Table of Contents: 56)

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Joe Maneely
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Joe Maneely
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Job Number
J-169
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Bobby Davis; Tom Davis; Alice Davis;
Synopsis
A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.
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Text story with illustration.

Earth-Trap! (Table of Contents: 57)

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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Job Number
L-192
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Miro tricks an old man into thinking he has telekinetic powers and can move objects. Because the old man is responsible for running the machine controlling Earth's gravity he thinks he's been derelict and modifies gravity so no one can move. Miro discovers he really is telepathic and sends a message to the old man to release people. Miro decides to work at a gas station rather than use his powers again.
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Man Without Fear! (Table of Contents: 58)

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Carl Wessler
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George Roussos
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George Roussos
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Job Number
L-109
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war
Synopsis
Luke is afraid of going into battle. When the battle starts he turns to run but is shot in the back. His spirit returns to charge into battle, inspiring people by his seeming courage.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

The Threat from the Void (Table of Contents: 59)

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Paul Reinman
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Paul Reinman
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Job Number
L-232
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Peter Shield tries to contact other worlds while Earth is on the verge of World War III. When Jupiter contacts Earth they tell them they will destroy their planet unless they end all warfare. The threatened war doesn't happen.
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Metal Master (Table of Contents: 60)

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Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
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Stan Goldberg ?
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Genre
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Something Is on This Ship! (Table of Contents: 61)

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Doug Wildey
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Doug Wildey
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Job Number
L-348
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; science fiction
Synopsis
A ship's mate joins the haunted ship 'Sulu Queen' to find out if the rumors of ghosts are true. When the captain dies of fright, the mate has no idea if there were actual ghosts.
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The Metal Master! (Table of Contents: 62)

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Vince Colletta
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Vince Colletta
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Job Number
L-439
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Paul tries to create a perfect artist by building a robot who can paint but the robot tries to hypnotize Paul to serve him. Paul destroys the robot.
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More Than a Mortal! (Table of Contents: 63)

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Pete Morisi
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Pete Morisi
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Job Number
L-490
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Joel thinks Shakespeare must have been more than mortal. Two men play a practical joke on him, only to realize later the man who told them to play the joke was Shakespeare.
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Hide-Out! (Table of Contents: 64)

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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Robert Q. Sale (signed)
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Job Number
L-444
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Rick finds a piece of crystal which seems to grant his wishes; when he wishes his rivals would be put out of business they are quickly shut down. However, when the police come for him Rick drops the crystal and it breaks before he can make a wish.
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The Fountain of Youth (Table of Contents: 65)

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Job Number
G-269
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Nothing Can Stop It (Table of Contents: 66)

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Howard O'Donnell
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Howard O'Donnell
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Job Number
L-104
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Steven creates a universal solvent but it keeps dissolving through the Earth to an unknown fate.
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The Shock! (Table of Contents: 67)

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Carl Wessler
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Reed Crandall
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Reed Crandall
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Job Number
L-306
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
When Joe touches his radiator the electric charge teleports him across the country. Realizing he can commit robberies and avoid capture he steals from his employer then races home to touch his radiator, but because he didn't pay his bills the power has been shut off.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

The Door That Wouldn't Open! (Table of Contents: 68)

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Bill Everett; Carl Burgos (alterations)
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Bill Everett; Carl Burgos (alterations)
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Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Cover credits obtained from an article in From The Tomb #10 (June, 2003) by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo and Frank Motler via the GCD Comics Database List.

You Used to Be Me! (Table of Contents: 69)

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Manny Stallman
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Manny Stallman
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Job Number
L-563
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Frank has always resented John for having so much wealth. Becoming a scientist, he creates a machine to swap minds with John then discovers John has been confined to a wheelchair. John refuses to exchange lives with Frank again.
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Murder on His Mind (Table of Contents: 70)

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Pete Morisi
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Pete Morisi
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Job Number
L-665
Genre
crime; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Frank is haunted by the voice of his old dummy Johnny. In trying to silence the dummy he is apprehended by the police for a robbery he committed.
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The Door That Wouldn't Open! (Table of Contents: 71)

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Marvin Stein
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Marvin Stein
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Job Number
L-647
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Raymond creates a machine which can transport people anywhere in the world. After his death, Frankie learns his father sealed the machine inside a room. Unable to open the door Frankie becomes a criminal but the police catch him just as he discovers the means to open the door was to play his mother's music box, a way which Raymond had tried to discipline him as a child.
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The Voice of Doom! (Table of Contents: 72)

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Gray Morrow
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Gray Morrow
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Job Number
L-582
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Joe begins picking up transmissions from space. His friends decide to prank him as Carl sends a message pretending to be an alien in human form. After the panicked Joe runs away from his radio, Carl sabotages the set so Joe won't eavesdrop on his people again.
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The Missing Squadrons (Table of Contents: 73)

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H-639
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Volcano! (Table of Contents: 74)

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Richard Doxsee
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Richard Doxsee
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Job Number
L-615
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Giovanni resents how his family lost their fortune when Pompeii was destroyed. He creates a time travel device to go back and save the family fortune, but ultimately chooses to save lives over the money. Returning to his own time he resolves to help others.
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It Walks in the Night! (Table of Contents: 75)

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Paul Reinman
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Paul Reinman
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Job Number
L-639
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
An inventor creates plastic which can be reshaped by people's thoughts. When they turn it into a gorilla they worry the gorilla will harm people and have it destroyed, then learn the plastic gorilla had helped a small child.
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[In the fall of 1956...] (Table of Contents: 76)

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Indexer Notes

Presents first pages for eight stories scheduled to be included in the never-published "Tales to Astound You" and "Journey Into Fantasy."

The Marvel Masterworks Library (Table of Contents: 77) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Marvel Masterworks Presents Atlas Era Strange Tales
  3. 2. Marvel Masterworks Credits/Contents
  4. 3. The History of Atlas Horror/Fantasy Post-Code 1956-57
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Inside the Black Bag
  7. 6. The Girl Who Saved the World
  8. 7. Not Quite Human
  9. 8. What Happened to Mr. Smith?
  10. 9. The Weatherman
  11. 10. The Animal
  12. 11. The Man Who Cried
  13. 12. The End of the Line
  14. 13. The End of the Line
  15. 14. Both of Me!
  16. 15. The Fog That Couldn't Lift!
  17. 16. The World Outside!
  18. 17. The Newshound
  19. 18. The Needle Swings!
  20. 19. Sleep, You Fool!
  21. 20. The Insects!
  22. 21. The Insects!
  23. 22. Inside the Black Box
  24. 23. No Place on Earth!
  25. 24. He Stalks by Night!
  26. 25. Over the Moon
  27. 26. Blackout!
  28. 27. The Thing in the Jungle!
  29. 28. You Can't Find Me!
  30. 29. Simon's Stooge!
  31. 30. Who Lurks There?
  32. 31. The Empty Chair
  33. 32. The Frightened Man
  34. 33. The Hidden Mountain
  35. 34. The Last of Professor Hogarth
  36. 35. You Can't Find Me!
  37. 36. The Gray Thing
  38. 37. I Died Tomorrow!
  39. 38. The Brute!
  40. 39. They Crawl by Night!
  41. 40. What Stanley Saw!
  42. 41. The Thirtieth Century
  43. 42. The Gray Thing!
  44. 43. The Man Who Crushed Rocks!
  45. 44. The Long Sleep!
  46. 45. A Witch by Night
  47. 46. The Long Sleep!
  48. 47. Something Strange on the Sand!
  49. 48. Trapped in the Dark!
  50. 49. Robot Inventor
  51. 50. The Man Who Talked!
  52. 51. The Punishment of Paul Phillips!
  53. 52. Jack-in-the-Box!
  54. 53. The Jack-in-the-Box
  55. 54. Octopus!
  56. 55. What Goes On Down There?
  57. 56. The Spirit of '76
  58. 57. Earth-Trap!
  59. 58. Man Without Fear!
  60. 59. The Threat from the Void
  61. 60. Metal Master
  62. 61. Something Is on This Ship!
  63. 62. The Metal Master!
  64. 63. More Than a Mortal!
  65. 64. Hide-Out!
  66. 65. The Fountain of Youth
  67. 66. Nothing Can Stop It
  68. 67. The Shock!
  69. 68. The Door That Wouldn't Open!
  70. 69. You Used to Be Me!
  71. 70. Murder on His Mind
  72. 71. The Door That Wouldn't Open!
  73. 72. The Voice of Doom!
  74. 73. The Missing Squadrons
  75. 74. Volcano!
  76. 75. It Walks in the Night!
  77. 76. [In the fall of 1956...]
  78. 77. The Marvel Masterworks Library
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Stangas