Strange Tales
#59
(July 1957)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-04-03
- 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
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of all those in the theater, why did only Steve Ryan want to cry out "Help! Help!"
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #73 [recolored] -
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #11 (1963 ?), #139 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
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Indexer Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
Free
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for stamp guide & stamps from Goliath Stamp Co.
Boys Girls Get These Prizes
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for prizes offered (Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, Gene Autry Cowboy Guitar, etc.) for sales of seeds from American Seed Company
When the World Went Mad!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein (signed as
B. Krigstein) - Inks
- Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese (sourced)
- Job Number
- M-92
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for toy gun from Honor House Products
Develop Muscles of Steel!
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for "Power Gym" from Honor House Products Corp.
What Waits In the Dungeon?
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed as
G. Woodbridge) - Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed as G. Woodbridge)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-34
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Gain More Weight in 10 Days
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for weight loss plan from More Wate Company
Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for seat covers from Cryder Sales
Trapped in the Burning Sands
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-973
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
Magic Mist Foam
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey
- Inks
- Doug Wildey
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-932
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Marvin Kale; Paula Kale
- Synopsis
- When a husband goes shopping he finds a new cleaning fluid that makes anything better than new, even him.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (August 1956) [as "Special Sale"] - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #5
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with one illustration.
20 Today's Best Buy Chic Smart Used Dresses
advertisement / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for used (ugh!) dresses from Mail Order Mart
12 Children's Dresses
advertisement / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for dresses (probably used) from Bargain Mart
Be Lucky in Love!
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for relationship books from Plaza Book Co.
Stamps Shop by Mail
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for various items (stamps, pens, fencing swords, etc.) from assorted dealers
Motor Overhaul Job
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for "Motor Overhaul" car additive from "Best Buys" (notice they put quotes around the company name so as to make the name more subjective!)
We'll Ripple You Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for "Fight Secrets" book by Joe Louis from Joe Louis c/o National Sports Council
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["Of all those in the theater, why did only Steve Ryan want to cry out "Help! Help!""]
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1.
Free
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2.
Help, Help!
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3.
Boys Girls Get These Prizes
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4.
When the World Went Mad!
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5.
Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun
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6.
Develop Muscles of Steel!
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7.
What Waits In the Dungeon?
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8.
Gain More Weight in 10 Days
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9.
Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers
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10.
Trapped in the Burning Sands
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11.
Magic Mist Foam
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12.
20 Today's Best Buy Chic Smart Used Dresses
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13.
12 Children's Dresses
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14.
Be Lucky in Love!
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15.
The Fearful Fate of Mr. Foster
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16.
Stamps Shop by Mail
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17.
The Death Mask!
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18.
Motor Overhaul Job
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19.
We'll Ripple You Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists
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20.
Check the Kind of Body You Want!
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21.
Given! Premiums or Cash Given!
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Van Dore
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