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Issue: Marvel Tales #148
Publication Date: July 1956
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Issues: #148 of 67 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Where Did They Go?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Where Did They Go?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lois Dale; Eddie Carter; Bruce Jaeger
Synopsis: Flying saucers are seen over Washington and Lois disappears with Bruce. People wonder if Bruce is an alien but it turns out Lois is a Uranian trying to help repopulate her planet; the police prevent her from leaving Earth with Bruce.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-677
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics,Vol 25, No. 8, August 2014.
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The Many Worlds of Henry Adams!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Henry Adams; Harriet; Mr. Lowden
Synopsis: Henry finds a blue stone which connects him to dimensions greater than his own reality and he is placed through trials to see if he can ascend to the 7th Dimension, but loses the stone before completing the task. After being sent back to wallow in his ordinary life, he finds the stone again to make another attempt.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-793
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 8, August 2014.
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The Hollow Suit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Paul Nolan; lefty; Hernando Cortez
Synopsis: Nolan and his allies go looking for Aztec gold but it's guarded by the animated armor of conquistadors. They flee back to the USA and surrender to the police, their hair turned white from the ordeal.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-527
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per his record books via Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 26, No. 3, March 2015. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee as possible writer.
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Earthquake!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Herman Higgins; Otto Wentz; General Warren Bootby; Mr. Hastings
Synopsis: Wentz thinks earthquakes are being caused by a hole in the Earth which needs to be filled in; General Boothby thinks they're being caused by the moon and orders an attack; Higgins realizes it's because Hastings has been extracting uranium from the North Pole and makes him stop.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: J-482
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per his record books via Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 26, No. 3, March 2015. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee as possible writer.
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The Clock

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Franz Ammergau; Gerda; Dr. Schmitt
Synopsis: An old clockmaker nearly dies from the cold, but is saved by the wooden figures adorning his clocks, which he has given parts of his own soul.
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In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #29 [unnamed variant] published March 1962
as The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #85 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
as The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #53 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1964
as The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #83 published September 1968
as The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #29 published ?
as The Clock [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-9
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Scared Away!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Tiny men from the core of the Earth are frightened at the sight of a giant who is actually a child. They return to their inner world.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-790
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The Despot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kurtz
Synopsis: A dictator riles up the Earth's populace against supposed 'Moon Men' and constructs a rocket ship so he can lead an exploration of the Moon. However, the Moon is inhabited and a battery of cannons shoot the dictator's rocket out of orbit.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-756

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