Strange Tales #75

(June 1960)

Taboo! The Thing From Murky Swamp! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-673

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lewis Conrad; Taboo (introduction, origin)

Synopsis

A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #20 (1962)
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (March 1970)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975)
• in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
• in Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) #1

Keywords

monsters

Indexer Notes

Taboo next appears in issue #77 (October 1960). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-8, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).

The Return of the Totem! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-672

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Totem; Bull Drago (cameo) Hunk (cameo)

Synopsis

The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 (1963 ?)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975)
• in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)

Indexer Notes

Continues from last issue. Narrated in the third person. Job number from Steve Grant, 2005-04-20 (Per Sandell ed.). Story is pages 11-14, 16-17 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

The Strange Stone (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-401

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Johnny

Synopsis

Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #41 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between "Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!" and "The Return of the Totem!", while the second page is printed between "Doomsday!" and "I Made the Hulk Live". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 18, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Doomsday! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-666

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lynn; Walter

Synopsis

Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth. An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the other’s belief in a higher power.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 (1963 ?)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Shares the last page of "The Strange Stone". Average sales not printed.

I Made The Hulk Live (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-665

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Albert Poole; Blake

Synopsis

A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body. He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 (1963 ?)
• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (September 1976) [as "I Created Grutan!"]
• in True Believers: Hulk - The Other Hulks (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (November 2019)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).