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Issue: Strange Tales #49
Publication Date: August 1956
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Issues: #49 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: 05/02/1956
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
reprinted 7 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Inside the Black Bag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-868
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The Girl Who Saved the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-877
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Not Quite Human

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-872
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What Happened to Mr. Smith ?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-897
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The Weatherman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, science fiction
Character(s): Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
Synopsis: In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #53 published May 1957
as The Rainmaker [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Rainmaker"
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #3 published May 1959
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #64 published January 1961
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #26 [unnamed variant] published December 1961
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #118 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1964
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #111 published January 1975
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #137 published January 1979
as The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-71
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The Animal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-776
Disclose Notes: Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.
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The Man Who Cried

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-889
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

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