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Issue: Strange Tales #55
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #55 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: 11/01/1956
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):  
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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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Jack-In-The-Box!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #151 published January 1976
as Jack-In-The-Box! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #184 published January 1980
as Jack-in-the-Box! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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The Jack-In-The-Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Carter's party are told to keep away from the elephants' graveyard lest they offend the Elephant God. Carter doesn't believe in the warnings, only to be confronted by the 300 foot tall Elephant God.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #100 published ?
as The Jack-in-the-Box [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-177
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Octopus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: In 1980, Bruce goes to sea to test his Histrometer and speak to people in the past. When a giant octopus menaces the ship he contacts his self in 1954 when he's serving in the US Navy and the Navy destroys the octopus then, removing it from 1980.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-172
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What Goes On Down There?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: People from an underground kingdom head to the surface to conquer humanity, only to find they're smaller than ants.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-270
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The Spirit of '76

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Bobby Davis; Tom Davis; Alice Davis;
Synopsis: A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #49 published May 1956
was The Spirit [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Spirit of '76"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-169
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Earth-Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Miro tricks an old man into thinking he has telekinetic powers and can move objects. Because the old man is responsible for running the machine controlling Earth's gravity he thinks he's been derelict and modifies gravity so no one can move. Miro discovers he really is telepathic and sends a message to the old man to release people. Miro decides to work at a gas station rather than use his powers again.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as Earth-Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-192
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Man Without Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
Synopsis: Luke is afraid of going into battle. When the battle starts he turns to run but is shot in the back. His spirit returns to charge into battle, inspiring people by his seeming courage.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as Man without Fear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-109
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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The Threat from the Void

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Peter Shield tries to contact other worlds while Earth is on the verge of World War III. When Jupiter contacts Earth they tell them they will destroy their planet unless they end all warfare. The threatened war doesn't happen.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as The Threat from the Void [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-232

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