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Issue: Sinister Tales #156
Publication Date: January 1977
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Issues: #156 of 228 Issues (230 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1977
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: £0.15 GBP
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alan Class (reprint editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mechano!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mechano
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1961
was I Who Created Mechano! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Created Mechano!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mechano; Mr. Hopkins; Tommy Briggs
Synopsis: A giant robot goes out of control and attacks people, but its creators try to prevent the authorities from destroying it. They encounter a group of alien invaders who were not prepared to face a robot and are driven away, moments before the police arrive and blast Mechano to bits.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-221
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Moon-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: H-420
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Invasion from Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Alien ships appear over Earth, causing panic. After a failed military strike, the world's leaders disarm at the advice of an old astronomer, who had actually faked the ships to create unity.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-144
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Trapped in Yesterday!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Bob Forgione ? Carl Burgos ?
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jason Grubb; Prof. Harvey Wilkes
Synopsis: A disgruntled janitor uses a time machine to travel to King Arthur's time to pose as a sorcerer using technology. None of it works independently, and he is forced to mop up the great hall.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-129
Disclose Notes: Possible Burgos pencils per Michael J. Vassallo and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr via the Timely/Atlas Facebook page. Previous indexer credited Bob Forgione. Inks credit per Michael J. Vassallo from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #1 (2006).
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The Man in the Cell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Madge; Colin Stone; Ila; Torgan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-352
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The Planet That Wasn't There!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Russ Heath
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The world president insists on missions to find a hidden planet, always leading to failure. When his daughter is killed aboard the latest rocket, the attempts to reach "Earth" are abandoned.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-148
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A Stranger on Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lok
Synopsis: When an alien crash lands on Earth, he is met with violence by men, but is befriended and helped to return to his ship by a dog. From orbit he thinks about destroying the planet but realizes that would kill the dogs too and refrains from his plan.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: H-116
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The Secret of Planet "X"!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Josef Kluge; Kirov
Synopsis: A dictator conquers an alien world full of unresisting people. He quickly finds that they are already slaves of the sentient plants, which now also control him through their spores.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-113
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The Man Who Said No!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Robert Chapin; Emil; Burt
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: H-262
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from foreword by Michael J. Vassallo from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 (Marvel, 2007 Series).

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