Strange Tales #100 [British]

(August 1962)

The Man in the Crazy Maze (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers (box))

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Terry Szenics

Job Number

[V-811 ?]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Charlie Burke; Mr. Johnson; Fate

Synopsis

A carnival owner cons patrons with an impossible maze, and kills a reporter that might expose him. He is trapped in another maze with only one exit, into hell.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #55
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #37
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #42 ([Février 1975])
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #40 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Blueprint for Victory (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-60

Genre

war

Characters

Lt. Col. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Capt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz

Synopsis

A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.

Reprints

• from Marines in Battle (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Imitation Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as KIRBY)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers (box))

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Dick Ayers ?

Job Number

V-812

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Carlos Zarago; Pedro Lopez

Synopsis

A dictator forces a scientist to use his duplicator machine on him so that he can have a substitute appear in public places to avoid assassination attempts. The duplicate is too much like the original, however, and refuses to expose himself to danger when he can seize power to rule the country. The dictator returns to the machine with the intent of destroying it only to find it has continually been producing duplicates. While the duplicates are arguing among themselves, a revolution occurs, and the new democratic regime deports all versions of the former dictator.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #94
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #13 (October 1974)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #40 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #150 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #234 ([circa 1986 - 1987])
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Zarago the tyrant of an oppressed nation in the story resembles Fidel Castro.

Beware the Uboongi! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)

Inks

Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-813

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Americans flee Uranus due to ferocious wildlife. The Soviets take the opportunity to land their own expedition, but because they ignore the American warnings they do not realize that the sheep-like creatures in the mountains are the deadly Uboongi.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34 (1964 ?)
• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #133 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #26 (janvier 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #216 ([circa 1983 - 1984])

The Mighty Oak! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-814

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An atomic test gives an oak tree the ability to think and move, and it plots the destruction of humanity's implements of war and crime. At the end of the story the scientists are revealed to be knowledgeable as to what effect the atomic test would have upon the oak and they are willing to accept the oak and its offspring will provide better governance of Earth than humanity.

Reprints

• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34 (1964 ?), #116 ([circa 1971])
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1976 - 1977]), #150 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)