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Series: Strange Tales

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1951 - 1968

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Marvel Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #168 (168 Issues, 243 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: Strange Tales [1973 - 1976] by Marvel Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Launched as a science-fiction/horror anthology along with Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series), increasing Marvel's science-fiction line from four to six books. This book, along with World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series), was one of only two science-fiction anthologies to resume publication immediately following the publication hiatus caused by the collapse of Marvel's distributor and the subsequent restructuring known as the "Atlas Implosion".

Strange Tales included a Human Torch/Human Torch and Thing feature in issues #101–134, a Doctor Strange feature from issue #110 (July 1963), and a Nick Fury feature from issue #135 (August 1965). Strange Tales introduced both Doctor Strange and SHIELD.

Accompanied from 1962–1963 by Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series).

Scripts were generally not credited before the superhero days. However, it is well known that Stan Lee (sometimes assisted by Larry Lieber, or Lieber on his own) wrote the overwhelming majority of these stories from 1959 to 1963. Where there is no positive confirmation, credits may be listed as "Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?", or either person individually, or simply "?", according to the indexer's best information.

Text story pages were a regular feature from issue #1 through issue #125 excepting issues #112, #119 and #124, which do not have text story pages. Text story pages do not appear in the remainder of the series, issues #126 through issue #168.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	June 1951	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#2	August 1951	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#3	October 1951	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#4	December 1951	36	6/5/1
#5	February 1952	36	6/5/1
#6	April 1952	36	7/6/1
#7	June 1952	36	8/6/1	3 Issue Images total
#8	July 1952	36	7/6/1	3 Issue Images total
#9	August 1952	36	7/6/1
#10	September 1952	36	7/6/1
#11	October 1952	36	6/5/1
#12	November 1952	36	7/6/1
#13	December 1952	36	7/6/1
#14	January 1953	36	8/6/1
#15	February 1953	36	7/6/1
#16	March 1953	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#17	April 1953	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#18	May 1953	36	6/5/1
#19	June 1953	36	7/6/1
#20	July 1953	36	7/6/1
#21	August 1953	36	7/6/1
#22	September 1953	36	7/6/1
#23	October 1953	36	7/6/1
#24	December 1953	36	7/6/1
#25	February 1954	36	7/6/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

June 1951

6/5/1