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)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

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, 1951 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)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

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!"]

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).