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Issue: Strange Worlds #2
Publication Date: February 1959
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Manvis Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in November 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Draw Lincoln

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Draw Lincoln's head and win a scholarship.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover
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I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rick Dugan
Synopsis: An interstellar detective takes a cargo pilot's place to find out how ships are being robbed without anyone remembering anything. On an unarmed planet, the natives try to take his cargo and hypnotize him with sound waves, it doesn't work because the detective is deaf.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales Annual #2 published September 1963
as I Was Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #157 published January 1977
as I Was a Prisoner of the Planet of Plunder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #59 published ?
as I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-134
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Strange Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
Synopsis: A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #45 published September 1956
was Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-440
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Get Rid of Ugly Pimples This New Easy Way!

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for anti-acne Keraplex cream from Underwood Laboratories, Inc.
After first page of "Strange Mission"
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I Was the Miracle Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bruno Storme; Henry Stubbs
Synopsis: A brilliant but cruel businessman sets out to conquer an alien world. When he finds one he discovers that the inhabitants are far more mentally advanced then humans, possessing psychic powers. He is little more than an animal to them, and is displayed in a zoo.
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In Content Item: FlagAstounding Stories #98 published January 1973
as I Was the Miracle Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-122
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Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Given! Given!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to recruit salespeople for Cloverine Brand Salve.
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I Saw the Day the World Ended!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Grath; Gen. Kane; Craig; Mr. Kane
Synopsis: A machine seems to show the end of the world when the Sun burns out in the future. Panic and dispair spread until it is realized that the machine actually showed the creation of the sun in reverse.
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In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #157 published January 1977
as I Saw the Day the World Ended! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #59 published ?
as I Saw the Day the World Ended! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: ?
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Giant Movie Star Bargain!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Elvis Presley (photo); Tony Curtis (photo); Debbie Reynolds (photo); Pat Boone (photo)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for photos, home addresses and birthdays of movie stars.
Between pages 3-4 of "I Saw the Day the World Ended!"
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Capture the Spirit of the Winning of the West

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for replica of Colt .44 "Golden Gun", from Lytle Novelty Co.
Between pages 3-4 of "I Saw the Day the World Ended!"
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The Little Lost Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A tiny lost planet does good deeds on Earth until it is located by its mother planet and returned to its home galaxy.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-103
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person.
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Earn Money Saving Stamps & Coins

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Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
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Prices Smashed on New 1959 Accordions!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send in coupon for free catalog of latest imported Italian accordions, from Accordion Manufactureres and Wholesalers Outlet.
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Stamps

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Small classifieds from various companies, mostly stamps.
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Cash in Quick on New Shoe Craze!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad to recruit salespeople to sell new Mason Kampus King shoes.
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I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ogarth; Cnidos
Synopsis: The king of Atlantis is convinced that life still exists on the surface and leads an invasion fleet to make war on the world above. He finds that in the centuries since Atlantis sunk the pressures of the sea have made his people tiny as insects compared to surface humans, and they must return beneath the waves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales Annual #2 published September 1963
as I Am the Scourge of Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #157 published January 1977
as I Am the Scourge of Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #59 published ?
as I Am the Scourge of Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-125
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A Real Mobile Tank

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for 6 foot long U.S. Army tank for $4.98.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products Corp.
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Develop Muscles of Steel!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for "Power Gym" muscle builder, from Honor House Products Corp.
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Do You Want Spending Money?

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Disclose Notes: Ad to recruit sellers of patriotic and religious mottoes.
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Learn Radio-Television

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for free radio and tv repair sample lesson and catalog.
Inside back cover
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Check the Kind of Body You Want:

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for free muscle-building catalog.

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