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Issue: Strange Tales #175
Publication Date: August 1974
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Issues: #175 of 20 Issues (33 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Torr! The Most Murderous Beast-Man of All!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Romita (alterations)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; John Romita (alterations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek; Morrie Kuramoto
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Torr
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Reprint Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #1 published June 1961
was Join Us in the Search for Torr! [Illustration on Cover, Front]slightly redrawn
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Torr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek; Ray Holloway ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Torr; Paul Ramsay; John Carter
Synopsis: Paul Ramsay is tried for murdering his friend and can't reveal that an alien had taken over John Carter's body for fear of starting an invasion.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #1 published June 1961
was Torr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: [V-165]
Disclose Notes: Splash page includes a note regarding the absence of The Golem feature, explaining artist Tony DeZuniga, who lived in the Philippines, needed more time to complete the assignment.
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Midnight in the Wax Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Pierre La Roc
Synopsis: Pierre La Roc is a criminal on the run, he climbs in through an open widow to escape the police, and finds himself in a wax museum. He hides as part of one of the exhibits as the police search the place. After the police leave, the wax figures come to life and chase La Roc out of the building, whereupon he then surrenders to the police. Later, a policeman discusses the strange case with a figure in a top hat, who later returns to his place as one of the wax figures in the museum.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #1 published June 1961
was Midnight in the Wax Museum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-163]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan; John Romita (illustrations)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; John Romita (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Voodoo Mail
Character(s): Brother Voodoo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Letters regarding the Brother Voodoo feature (formerly in this title) submitted by Brian Wilkes Prescott; Tim Fish; Michael Peter Langevin; Mattie Jones. Page also includes the Power Man (Luke Cage) Marvel Value Stamp #10.
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Take One Werewolf by Night...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ron Wilson (illustration)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Werewolf by Night; Tigra
Synopsis: House ad for Giant-Size Creatures (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (July 1974)
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Pages: 0.33

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