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Issue: Strange Tales #45
Publication Date: April 1956
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Issues: #45 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: 01/04/1956
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1956 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 From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Land of Vanishing Men!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as [Strange Tales #45] Land of Vanishing Men! [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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Land of Vanishing Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ted Benson; Joe Ausler; Larry Wiley
Synopsis: Three men who dream of the adventure of knights join a mirage in the desert set during the Crusades.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as Land of Vanishing Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-594
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).
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The Night People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Felix Hunter
Synopsis: A cowardly boy is ashamed when space aliens interrogate him for when would be the best time to invade and he is too frightened to even lie to them. They let him go so he can check the paper for the best time to invade and he regrets his cowardice. When he sees tomorrow is the fourth of July he tells the aliens to invade after nightfall and the fireworks display frightens them off.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #191 published January 1981
as The Night People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Night People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-26
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).
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The Eyes of Mr. Moody!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Orville Moody
Synopsis: A timid hypnotist hypnotizes himself hoping to give himself the daring to succeed in business, but after coming out of his trance, he realizes that the wealth he had thought he accumulated over the course of one year was all in his mind.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #191 published January 1981
as The Eyes of Mr. Moody! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Eyes of Mr. Moody! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: H928
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).
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The Strange Exchange!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Anders
Synopsis: An employee of the state department who wishes for an out of the way assignment gets his wish when he becomes the envoy for the Martian embassy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #191 published January 1981
as The Strange Exchange! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Strange Exchange! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J14
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The Impersonation

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Johnny Graham; Milly Borden; Alice Van Sweldt; Henry Van Sweldt; Marlin Van Sweldt
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Impersonation [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagGirl Comics #9 published July 1951
was The Phony Rubies! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Impersonation"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 8285
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The Man Who Went Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jerry Mason
Synopsis: A man who can experience the past in his imagination goes back to the creation.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #191 published January 1981
as The Man Who Went Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Man Who Went Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-977
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Sorry, Wrong Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jeff Miller
Synopsis: An alien with orders to colonize Earth lands and asks the first person he sees if he is on Earth. The man sarcastically answers him "No, it's Mars." The alien disappears and scientists detect through telescopes the colonization activity on Mars, which the alien has mistaken for Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as Sorry, Wrong Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-592

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