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Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 98

  • Issue #98
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 98
    • 4" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #17-2a310f7-028
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 3 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staple added (not manufacturing).
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    • 1" spine split from bottom.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "No Human Can Beat Me!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman; An alien lands on Earth and issues a challenge to best any man at any contest or the Earth will be invaded; The alien defeats all comers until one man challenges it to sleep longer than him, claiming to have slept for one million years. "The Party" text story. "They Vanished Forever!", art by Dick Ayers; Sailors find the "Flying Dutchman" and take the ship's gold, despite the pleas of the ghost crew; They are turned into ghosts to replace that crew, leaving the man who refused the gold unharmed. "The TV Fan!", art by Don Heck; A lazy cad tricks a rich girl into marrying him so that he can watch TV all day. "A Fortune in Beans!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A bean seller is chagrined to find that he has competition from the Giant, of Jack and Beanstalk fame, who has decided to go into business selling his giant beans. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.