Strange Tales
#38
(September 1955)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-06-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1955 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
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.
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Man in the Sky
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (signed as
Al Hartley) - Inks
- Al Hartley (signed as Al Hartley)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- G-634
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A "Jack and the Beanstalk" story with a moral against being too greedy.
- Reprints
From Outer Space
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- 9498
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jonathan Ditmar
- Synopsis
- When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955) which is reprinted
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #3 (March 1952) [as "From Outer Space"]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
The Shaggy Creature!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-646
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bradley Brenton
- Synopsis
- People wonder why a wealthy man carries around a teddy bear with him wherever he goes not realizing that the bear is his financial adviser.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #16 (1964 ?), #143 ([circa 1975 - 1976]) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
No Escape!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-616
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Harry; Gloria
- Synopsis
- A married couple going through some rocky times are watching television with each other when they see a show called 'Supposing' featuring actors who look like them. Through various scenarios the two realize fate brought them together and resolve to stop sniping at each other. They are shocked when they glance behind the set and realize that the TV is not plugged in.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #79
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #16 (1964 ?), #143 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #4 ([April] 2011)
-
Time Crime
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- G-663
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ed Evans
- Synopsis
- A man invents a time machine in order to commit crimes but he runs afoul of the 'Time Adjusters' who correct flaws in the time stream.
- Reprints
The Boy Who Saw!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Tad Wilson
- Synopsis
- Three men receive warnings from an angelic boy who charges a penny to read their futures. When the dire predictions come true, the men return to boy for more advice only to learn that the boy's mother has made him give up his business and he walks off into the sky to return home.
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Man in the Sky
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2.
From Outer Space
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3.
The Shaggy Creature!
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4.
No Escape!
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5.
Time Crime
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6.
The Boy Who Saw!
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- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Ethan Hoddes
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