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Issue: Strange Tales #100
Publication Date: September 1962
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Issues: #100 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/12/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In6
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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I Was Trapped in the Crazy Maze!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Charlie Burke
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #37 published ?
as I Was Trapped in the Crazy Maze! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in the Crazy Maze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Charlie Burke; Mr. Johnson; Fate
Synopsis: A carnival owner cons patrons with an impossible maze, and kills a reporter that might expose him. He is trapped in another maze with only one exit, into hell.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #6 published October 1974
as The Man in the Crazy Maze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: [V-811 ?]
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Blueprint for Victory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Col. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Capt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz
Synopsis: A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarines in Battle #6 published June 1955
was Blueprint For Victory [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-60
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Imitation Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Carlos Zarago; Pedro Lopez
Synopsis: A dictator forces a scientist to use his duplicator machine on him so that he can have a substitute appear in public places to avoid assassination attempts. The duplicate is too much like the original, however, and refuses to expose himself to danger when he can seize power to rule the country. The dictator returns to the machine with the intent of destroying it only to find it has continually been producing duplicates. While the duplicates are arguing among themselves, a revolution occurs, and the new democratic regime deports all versions of the former dictator.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #13 [unnamed variant] published October 1974
as The Imitation Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published ?
as The Imitation Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-812
Disclose Notes: Zarago the tyrant of an oppressed nation in the story resembles Fidel Castro.
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Beware the Uboongi!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Americans flee Uranus due to ferocious wildlife. The Soviets take the opportunity to land their own expedition, but because they ignore the American warnings they do not realize that the sheep-like creatures in the mountains are the deadly Uboongi.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #3 published June 1966
as Beware the Uboongi! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-813
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The Mighty Oak!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An atomic test gives an oak tree the ability to think and move, and it plots the destruction of humanity's implements of war and crime. At the end of the story the scientists are revealed to be knowledgeable as to what effect the atomic test would have upon the oak and they are willing to accept the oak and its offspring will provide better governance of Earth than humanity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published ?
as The Mighty Oak! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-814

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