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Issue: Strange Tales #14
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #14 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: 10/08/1952
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: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1952 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1952-10-29 date notation on front cover of indexer's copy.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Horrible Herman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as [Strange Tales #14] Horrible Herman [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Horrible Herman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Herman Hooper; Betty
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as Horrible Herman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-399
Disclose Notes: The same story as the second story in Tales to Astonish #29
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The Grinning Skulls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Henrik Vandeever; Buck Morgan; Professor Stone; Skipper Eddie
Synopsis: When a man attempts to steal skulls from a totem pole, his head becomes the latest addition to the top of the pole.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Grinning Skulls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-565
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You Only Die Once!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hestertone
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #20 published December 1954
as The Man in Black! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Man in Black!"
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as You Only Die Once! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-472
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How Mini-Gym Turns Dateless Dorothy Into Dazzling Dotty!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joe Bonomo advertisement includes a half page of sequential panel art.
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The Experiment!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Professor Vonz
Synopsis: A scientist creates a process that he thinks will evolve a gorilla into a human being but it turns out that it devolves the man back to an ape at the same time.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Experiment! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: B-541
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The Golden Coffin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): King Midas
Synopsis: A man summons the ghost of King Midas and demands his power to turn objects to gold. He thinks that he will be more clever than Midas and just get the power in his right hand so that he can eat with his left, but he gets in a vehicle accident and they amputate his left hand.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Golden Coffin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-487
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The Man Who Talked To Ghosts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: When a woman murders her husband for his money he returns as a ghost.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2009
as The Man Who Talked To Ghosts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-514
Disclose Notes: Carl Burgos credit from the recent Masterworks collection. Previous indexer credited Jim Mooney as the penciller, with inker unknown. As the Masterworks credits are checked by noted Atlas historian Dr. Mike Vasallo, I have gone with that credit.

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