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Issue: Strange Tales Annual #1
Publication Date: January 1962
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in July 1962 (at the same time as issues cover-dated September and October 1962). Both this and Millie the Model Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 came out the same day, making them tied as Marvel's first annuals, as recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries 1962 Books, Pamphlets, Serials, Contributions to Periodicals July-Dec 3D Ser Vol 16 Pt 1, page 1227: The Big Strange Tales Annual, 1962. Vol.1, no.1. Appl. author: Stan Lee. © Atlas Magazines, Inc.; 3Jul62; A576752.

Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list, including Job Numbers supplied by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely list. 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: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Grottu! King of the Insects / The Indescribable Diablo / The Miraculous Martian / The Shadow Thing / The Serpent Creature

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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An Amazing Invention—"Magic Art Reproducer"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside cover
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I Unleashed Shagg upon the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Shagg
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #59 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1960
was I Unleashed Shagg Upon the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-724
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Come from the Shadow World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): shadow creature; Casey
Synopsis: An invader from the shadow world is defeated by a room of lights rigged up by an electrician.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Come from the Shadow World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-474
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He Waits For Us in the Glacier!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Anuxa
Synopsis: A nuclear submarine finds an alien hibernating in a glacier. He has been waiting thousands of years for humanity to wipe itself out so his race can claim the Earth, and now that nuclear weapons exist he thinks it won't be much longer.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #7 published January 1960
was He Waits For Us in the Glacier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-472
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Became a...Human Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A criminal sneaks aboard an experimental nuclear missile planning to hijack it and sell it to the Soviets, but after the rocket launches he discovers that it lacks internal control.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #6 published November 1959
was I Became a...Human Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-386
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Grottu, King of the Insects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery (only appearance); Kasenga (only appearance); Grottu (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an ant that has grown giant and gained super-intelligence due to an atomic test. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #73 published February 1960
was Grottu, King of the Insects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-547
Disclose Notes: Grottu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). In later retcons it is established that Grottu's creation was planned by the Deviants.
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I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Larry Winters; Rita Winters; Poltergeist
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #1 published January 1959
was I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-84
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Saw the Serpent that Saved the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man dreams of a monster growing from an alien spore that is killed when it is eaten by a garter snake, a snake that he found in his yard as a boy.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #55 published November 1959
was I Saw the Serpent that Saved the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-436
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The Stranger in Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #53 published July 1959
was The Stranger in Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-294
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I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Diablo; Ulysses Bloodstone (unnamed, identified in later retcon)
Synopsis: An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-631
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Found the Giant in the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Prof. Dunn; giant; princess
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #55 published November 1959
was I Found the Giant in the Sky! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-???
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Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Gustav; Hans (only appearance for both)
Synopsis: A fleeing criminal in Transylvania hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from a parallel dimension appear to him. He is relieved to find they cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an invisible, immaterial state and leave him there forever.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #76 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1960
was Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-740
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Saw the Invasion of the Stone Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Prof. George Ailen
Synopsis: Narrated in the first person.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #6 published November 1959
was I Saw the Invasion of the Stone Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-383
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A Martian Walks Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man happens upon a Martian spy in human form scouting Earth for an invasion but cannot get the authorities to believe him. He tracks down and kills the Martian, revealing that he himself is a Venusian agent in disguise working to protect Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #78 published November 1960
was A Martian Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-864
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The World's Greatest Molder of Handsome He-Men and Champs out of Weaklings

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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If You Know Just 20 People...You Can Make At Least $50.00

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
First Line: Everyone you know needs Christmas cards...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad to recruit sellers of Christmas cards.

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