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Strange Tales

#88

September 1961 · 0.10 USD · 36 pages

On sale 1961-06-08

Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority


Synopsis

An American comic book artist is forced by an Aztec priest to make a monster with magic paints. The artist creates another monster to fight the first, causing the temple to collapse on both monsters, giving the priest amnesia and ending the threat.

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. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Credits

Script
Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Plot
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck
Inks
Steve Ditko, Don Heck
Colours
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
Editor
Stan Lee

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