Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) comic books 1959

Prototype issue (Quicksilver). Cover art by Joe Sinnott. "Trapped Between Two Worlds!", art by Steve Ditko; A scientist working on a matter transporting device accidentally transports himself to a distant planet of warlike aliens; They read his mind in order to use his device for conquest. "I Seek the Sea Serpent," art by Don Heck; A scientist tracks down a sea serpent, but the crew of his ship panics and kills it. "I Was the Invisible Man!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A scientist uses a device that makes the particles of a living body move at the speed of light, rendering him invisible to the eye; He conducts a series of stunts in order to build up a name for himself so he can them go public and cash in. "Discovery" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Man Who Never Was!", art by Carl Burgos; A scientist's assistant uses a time machine to travel to the past in order to find a pirate's treasure and get rich; While in the past he is attacked by the pirates. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "Last Warning--Evacuate Earth!", art by Joe Sinnott; A gaseous alien arrives on Earth to warn people to evacuate before its race invades; It attempts to communicate with humans telepathically, but they disregard his warning as madness or a trick. "Mystery Trip" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Creatures from the Bottomless Pit!", art by Steve Ditko; A man descends in a bathysphere into a pit so deep that he is surprised to find a waterless cavern beneath it occupied by elves banished long ago by a wizard. "Test Pilot!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A rocketship test pilot in the year 2089 takes an experimental rocket on a test flight; He faces an oxygen leak caused by a collision, alien raiders and other hazards before returning safely to Earth. "Next Stop—Mars!", art by Carl Burgos; A short child mocked for his height takes comfort from his one friend and his love of airplanes; He is rejected by the air force because of his height, but when his friend designs an experimental rocket that can only be piloted by a short man he becomes the first man on Mars. "Trapped In Tomorrow!", art by John Buscema; A man spends twenty years building a time machine in order to use knowledge of the future to enrich himself; He travels to 2010 and memorizes stock market and horse race information from the newspaper archives. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Prototype issue (Professor X). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "The Man In The Iron Box!", art by Carl Burgos; Certain that the world will soon descend into nuclear war, a brilliant scientist goes into cryogenic suspension for a million years, hoping to awaken in a more enlightened time. "The Talent" text story. "Rocket Ship X-200," art by Don Heck; An aging space pilot is mocked for his slow ship, but when an invading armada approaches Earth his ship is the first to see it. "Journey into Nowhere!", art by Joe Sinnott; Two scientists try to travel to the future, but arrive in the stone age; They believe they have proved travel into the future impossible, not suspecting that they actually saw the world after the destruction of civilization by war. "The World That Was Lost!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; An old eccentric in a wheelchair hires a sea captain to take him to a spot where he believes that the lost continent of Atlantis lies; When they reach their destination he reveals himself to be a merman and thanks the sailors for bringing him home before diving overboard. "The Threat from the 5th Dimension!", art by Steve Ditko; The 5th dimension is the dream dimension; The creatures there are trying to pass into this dimension, but belief in their existence as opposed to surmising a mere dream experience disrupts the structure of the dream dimension. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Prototype issue (Giant Man). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "A Giant Walks the Earth!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height; The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. "The Comic" text story. "Earth in Chains!", art by Paul Reinman; Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals; They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs. "Ghost Ship!", art by Carl Burgos; The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine; The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. "Escape to Tomorrow!", art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine; He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future; Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. "When Wakes the Sphinx!", art by Steve Ditko; An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Davis. "I Dared to Defy Merlin's...Black Magic!", art by Steve Ditko; An American businessman scoffs at a shopowner's claim that one of his books was Merlin's diary, until a terrifying vision of Merlin turns his hair white. "The Disappearance" text story. "I Am the Man Who Will...Destroy Your World!", art by Don Heck; An alien emperor of an immortal race comes to Earth disguised as a human to decide whether or not to order an invasion; He is impressed with the humans' decency and falls in love with a human girl. "When the Saucer Strikes!", art by Paul Reinman; A airline pilot is nearly hit by a flying saucer and must bank suddenly to avoid it; The passengers were mostly asleep, and the one who was awake says that he saw nothing...because he's really a Martian tourist and the saucer came to pick him up. "I Fought the Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!", art by Sol Brodsky; A criminal escapes from prison after 10 years and robs a warehouse; He is found by a police officer with superhuman powers, and is surprised to learn that the police now only recruit robots. "I Am the Man Without a Face!", art by Joe Sinnott; A bigot rounds up some thugs to don black hoods and drive some harmless gypsies out of town; One of the gypsies curses him, and he is never able to remove his hood for the rest of his life. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "I Fought the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. "Weather Man" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!", art by Don Heck; A cruel sea captain greedily pursues the flying Dutchman; He catches the ship, but is trapped there as a ghost, replacing the former ghost, who now can go free. "I Am the Abominable Snowman!", art by Paul Reinman; A thief steals a ruby from a Himalayan retreat, but a curse on the stone makes him intensely cold and forces him to wear heavy furs that keep him from returning to civilization. "I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard!", art by John Forte; An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessible pit of quicksand. "I Entered the...Doorway to Doom!", art by Steve Ditko; A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.