Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) comic books 1957

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Jack-In-The-Box," art by Mac Pakula; An ivory hunter regrets opening a tribal witch doctor's jack-in-the-box when inside it contains the spirit of the Elephant God. "Octopus!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Tony DiPreta; In 1980 a ship finds itself menaced by an octopus made gigantic by atomic bomb tests so a call is made to the past to shoot all nearby octopi and save the ship in a future time. "What Goes On Down There?", art by John Giunta; Underground invader's resolve to conquer the surface world fails when they realize that after millions of years adapting to life underground they are no bigger than ants. "The Spirit of '76," art by Joe Maneely; A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era. "Earth-Trap!", art by Robert Sale; The guardian of the force of gravity takes a vacation from the center of the Earth and gets hoodwinked by a phony medium attempting to demonstrate telekinesis so he goes back to the gravity controls and turns them up a notch and no one can move. "Man Without Fear!", script by Carl Wessler, art by George Roussos; A soldier's ghost demonstrates the bravery that the man never could in life. "The Threat From the Void," art by Paul Reinman; In the days of the cold war Jupiter sends a threat to Earth, close to achieving space travel technology, warning them if another global war breaks out Earth shall have to be destroyed. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "Something Is On This Ship!", art by Doug Wildey; The first mate of a ship tries to convince the captain that there are spooks aboard his ship, but when the captain's hair turns white at something he's seen, the first mate begins to wonder if there really are spooks aboard. "The Metal Master!", art by Vince Colletta; An artist creates a robot to paint for him but smashes it when it turns the tables and forces him to paint. "More Than a Mortal!", art by Pete Morisi; A man with a theory that Shakespeare was more than mortal murders his uncle for his money, but Shakespeare's ghost contrives to make him own up to the crime. "Hide-Out!", art by Robert Sale; An owner of criminal hide-outs comes across a wishing jewel that he uses to eliminate his competition but when he gets raided by the police he realizes that there is nowhere to run because his competitors have all been put out of business. "The Fountain of Youth" text story. "Nothing Can Stop It," art by Howard O'Donnell; A chemist tries to make a solvent that can eat through anything for criminal purposes but when succeeds, he realizes that he failed to consider nothing could contain such a compound. "The Shock!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A deadbeat finds that when his foot makes contact with a power cord and he touches the radiator the shock he receives teleports him to distant towns at random; He decides to use this to steal the company payroll. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"You Used To Be Me," "Murder On His Mind" (art by Pete Morisi), "The Door That Wouldn't Open," "The Voice of Doom" (art by Gray Morrow), "Volcano" (art by Richard Doxsee), "It Walks in the Night" (art by Paul Reinman), and a two-page text story, "The Missing Squadrons." Bill Everett art? Cover price $0.10.

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"He Floats Thru the Air" (art by Al Williamson and Ralph Mayo), "Menace From the Nether World!" (art by Gene Colan), "The Night of October Third!" (art by Dave Berg), "Man Lost" (art by Pete Morisi), "No Place on Earth," "The Secret of the Black Tube," and a two-page text story, "Sdrawkcab." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"Help, Help!" with art by Gene Colan; "When the World Went Mad!" with art by Bernard Krigstein; "What Waits in the Dungeon?" with art by George Woodbridge; "Trapped in the Burning Sands"; "The Fearful Fate of Mr. Foster"; "The Death Mask!"; and "Magic Mist Foam." Cover price $0.10.