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Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 85

  • Issue #85
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 85
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1032361001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • 4.5" cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Return of Gargantus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Another group of scientists disturbs Gargantus, who can now breathe air and vows to conquer the surface world; The son of the man who found Gargantus uses his father's bathysphere to lure it deep into the ocean and uses a giant electric shock to kill him. "New Glasses" text story. "The Man Who Fell!", art by Paul Reinman; A town's mayor threatens to imprison a gypsy seer who spurned his advances if her prediction that he will be injured by a fall does not come true; He goes to the basement and has himself tied down to prevent this. "The Ape Man," art by Steve Ditko; A criminal hopes that the story of an ape man in the jungle around his prison will stop pursuit; Instead he finds that the ape man is real and a curse transforms him into an ape until he finds someone to take his place. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $230 Atlas STRANGE TALES No. 85 (1961) Gargantus! Ditko & Kirby Art! CGC 4.5 VG+

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