#71
October 1959 · 0.10 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1959-06-05
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
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. As he runs from the shop, the shopkeeper thinks that he must remember not to leave his diary out.
Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover) ; pages of comic not numbered. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. From this issue to issue #79 (December 1960) almost all new stories in Strange Tales are narrated in the first person.
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Credits
- Script
- Larry Lieber, Carl Wessler, Stan Lee
- Plot
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Davis, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Sol Brodsky, Joe Sinnott
- Inks
- Jack Davis, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Sol Brodsky, Joe Sinnott
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
- Editor
- Stan Lee
- Illustration
- Gene Colan
- Original editor
- Stan Lee
Ratings
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