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Issue: Strange Tales #38
Publication Date: September 1955
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Issues: #38 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1955
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1955 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as Strange Tales #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A "Jack and the Beanstalk" story with a moral against being too greedy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as The Man in the Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: G-634
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From Outer Space

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonathan Ditmar
Synopsis: When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as From Outer Space [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #26 published February 1955
was From Outer Space [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9498
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The Shaggy Creature!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bradley Brenton
Synopsis: People wonder why a wealthy man carries around a teddy bear with him wherever he goes not realizing that the bear is his financial adviser.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #143 published January 1975
as The Shaggy Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as The Shaggy Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: G-646
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No Escape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Harry; Gloria
Synopsis: A married couple going through some rocky times are watching television with each other when they see a show called 'Supposing' featuring actors who look like them. Through various scenarios the two realize fate brought them together and resolve to stop sniping at each other. They are shocked when they glance behind the set and realize that the TV is not plugged in.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #143 published January 1975
as No Escape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as No Escape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: G-616
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Time Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ed Evans
Synopsis: A man invents a time machine in order to commit crimes but he runs afoul of the 'Time Adjusters' who correct flaws in the time stream.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as Time Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: G-663
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The Boy Who Saw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Tad Wilson
Synopsis: Three men receive warnings from an angelic boy who charges a penny to read their futures. When the dire predictions come true, the men return to boy for more advice only to learn that the boy's mother has made him give up his business and he walks off into the sky to return home.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as The Boy Who Saw! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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