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Strange Tales

#86

July 1961 · 0.10 USD · 36 pages

On sale 1961-04-13

Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority


Synopsis

A giant robot goes out of control and attacks people, but its creators try to prevent the authorities from destroying it. They encounter a group of alien invaders who were not prepared to face a robot and are driven away, moments before the police arrive and blast Mechano to bits.

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, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, and others via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Cover price appears twice, in different formats. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Credits

Script
Larry Lieber, Stan Lee
Plot
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby, Joe Maneely, Steve Ditko
Inks
Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky
Colours
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
Editor
Stan Lee

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