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Issue: Strange Tales #13
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #13 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The copyright date for this issue listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 6, Part 2, No. 1-2, Periodicals, Jan.-Dec. 1952 is incorrectly recorded as "Dec. 8". The same date is recorded in the September 29, 1980 copyright renewal. Based on the copyright dates for the surrounding issues, the correct date is likely September 8.
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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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Death Makes a Deal!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as [Strange Tales #13] Death Makes A Deal! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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The Witching Hours!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Tony Marden; Linda; Henry
Synopsis: A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. After he clouts her over the head, she tells him "Now that we're married, you'll have to stop being so mean to mother."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #2 published April 1973
as The Witching Hours! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Witching Hours! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-348
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The Power of Hatred

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Warren Courtney; Julie Courtney; Doctor Martin
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Power of Hatred [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-5
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Death Makes a Deal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank Kane; Jim; Death
Synopsis: A washed-up reporter needs to come up with a scoop or he will be fired. He meets Death, who reveals future tragedies to him so that he can write up the stories, but there is a heavy price to pay.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as Death Makes A Deal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-277
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The Hiding Place

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Character(s): Nick; Rudy; Bart; Sullivan; Brophy, McKee; Wallace
Synopsis: Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. but each one plots to get the loot for himself, which leads to their deaths.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #2 published April 1973
as The Hiding Place [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Hiding Place [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-262
Disclose Notes: credits from the Masterworks reprint.
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The Bugs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Alien scientists are disgusted when they look at the humans they have collected from Earth under their microscopes and recommend that the small planet be destroyed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #2 published April 1973
as The Bugs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Bugs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-341
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The Secret of Christopher Morse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Christopher Morse; George Hart; Helga Frome; Ben Stahl
Synopsis: A reclusive actor refuses to leave the stage to act in films. An accident reveals his true hideous face which causes him to kill his fiancee and then himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Secret of Christopher Morse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-386

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