Strange Tales #64

(August 1958)

The Secret Laboratory of Dr. Domino (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler ? (sourced)

Pencils

Al Williamson

Inks

Al Williamson

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (sourced)

Job Number

M-377

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Millions of people were to be astounded by the unveiling of Dr. Domino's mysterious experiments!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Domino

Synopsis

A conman hires some elderly women and young girls to enter a cabinet so that the old woman exit the back and the young girls come out the front to give the illusion that their youth has been restored. The old women in the audience throw money at the man who promises them their youth back. A sorceress appears who wants the treatment and he admits that he is a fraud. The sorceress ages him.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #8
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #187 ([circa 1987 - 1988])

Indexer Notes

Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Nick notes that inventory stories by Wessler may have been retitled. This story may have originally been titled "Step Inside my Machine"

What Is Monium? (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler ?

Pencils

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-85

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Burt Kane; Zorani

Synopsis

A man discovers a metal that when cut in two remains connected even though it appears that there is empty space between the parts. He starts a magic act where anything he tosses through one hoop pops out the other. An audience member discovers his secret and forces him into criminal acts. When the thief forces the man to construct a crate to hold the loot, he places the hoop inside the crate and breaks down the door he was imprisoned behind. He confronts the thief who attempts to escape through his hoop but finds himself inside the sealed crate on the way to the penitentiary.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

Indexer Notes

Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Nick notes that inventory stories by Wessler may have been retitled. This story may have originally been titled "The Empty Handcuffs"

So This Is Mars! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-170

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mr. Worth; Craig

Synopsis

A Martian filmmaker teleports a human filmmaker's Martian set to Mars and is disappointed to find human culture identical to Martian culture.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

The Silent City! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-246

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Gustave Tarnal

Synopsis

A man finds that he can rob helpless frozen people if he stops all of the clocks in town but he forgets about a sundial.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2020.

What On Earth? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy

Inks

Bob McCarthy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-176

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Albert Feldgurt

Synopsis

One man thinks that humans cannot achieve space travel, and must allow nature to take them to other worlds like seeds. He is ignored, but when he becomes a spiritual leader spreading the message of love his theory is proved, as people disappear under the warming power of love.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

Indexer Notes

Set in the twenty-first century.

The Busybody (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

D-992

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mrs. Miller; Jean Matsen; Fred Johnson; Harold Trimble; Carolyn Harris

Synopsis

A cruel landlady steals her tenant's mail to trick her into doing extra chores, but when she eats chocolates sent to the girl she finds out too late that they were poisoned by a jealous lover.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #26 (March 1954)

The Last Warning! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vic Carrabotta (signed as Vic Carrabotta)

Inks

Vic Carrabotta (signed as Vic Carrabotta)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (sourced)

Job Number

K-96

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Don Reide; Alma Reide

Synopsis

A man saves his own life by sending a radio message through time that helps a younger version of himself escape a cave-in.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

Indexer Notes

This story may have been completed some time before publication, since it is set in 1956.