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Issue: Strange Tales #98
Publication Date: July 1962
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Issues: #98 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In4
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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No Human Can Beat Me!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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No Human Can Beat Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Taylor
Synopsis: An alien lands on Earth and issues a challenge to best any man at any contest or the Earth will be invaded. The alien defeats all comers until one man challenges it to sleep longer than him, claiming to have slept for one million years. The alien vows to sleep for two million years. Guards are set up around the cave to keep anyone from disturbing the creature and the man's formerly nagging wife is eternally grateful to him for saving Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #38 published October 1975
as No Human Can Beat Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
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The Party

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Braggle
Synopsis: A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystical Tales #2 published August 1956
was The Party [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [J-959]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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They Vanished Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Captain William Reynolds; Thomas Clark; Flying Dutchman; Ghosts
Synopsis: Sailors find the "Flying Dutchman" and take the ship's gold, despite the pleas of the ghost crew. They are turned into ghosts to replace that crew, leaving the man who refused the gold unharmed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #4 published August 1966
as They Vanished Forever! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #19 published October 1975
as They Vanished Forever! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-728
Disclose Notes: The second and fifth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The TV Fan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Laura Wentworth; Pete Sloan
Synopsis: A lazy cad tricks a rich girl into marrying him so that he can watch TV all day. His wife sees her mistake and reveals that she’s a witch, turning him into a fan on the television: a ‘tv fan’.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #112 published January 1975
as The TV Fan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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A Fortune in Beans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Mr. Bixby
Synopsis: A bean seller is chagrined to find that he has competition from the Giant, of Jack and Beanstalk fame, who has decided to go into business selling his giant beans.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-730
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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