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Strange Tales #62

Marvel · Series began 1951 · April 1958

Dates

Cover date
April 1958
On sale
November 25, 1957
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Maneely, Ruben Moreira, Werner Roth, Angelo Torres, Herb Familton, George Roussosinks: Joe Maneely, Ruben Moreira, Werner Roth, Angelo Torres, Herb Familton, George Roussoscolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Joe Letteresescript: Carl Wessler, Jack Oleck, Monroe Froehlich Jr.

Stories

  • The Girl Who Walked Thru Stone! · 4 pages

    A miner caves in the shaft he works to aid a beautiful girl from an underground kingdom. No one believes him and he is jailed, but the girl returns in a digging machine to rescue him.

  • The Man Nobody Knew! · 4 pages

    The obituary editor of a newspaper sees events before they happen. The source of his abilities is found after he turns in his last story, when his replacement discovers the obituary he wrote for himself years previously.

  • The Invaders! · 3 pages

    An undersea invasion is foiled when their scouting expedition is confused by their contemptuous reception from an old woman who takes them for actors.

  • Filled with Hate · 4 pages

    An old zoo-keeper instinctively recognizes the evil in a new specimen. It is an alien sent to turn the animals against humans, but it is killed by the zoo's gorilla, the animal closest to humans.

  • It Happened That Night · 4 pages

    A skeptical man mocks an Indian mystic, but he is convinced by a terrifying illusion in which he gains the ability to see the coming of death.

  • The Window · 1.8 pages

    A lawyer's hotel window looks out on an alien landscape, allowing him to discover the Martian plan to conquer Earth.

  • Alone in the Night! · 4 pages

    A thief seduces a rich young woman alone on a moored yacht. When he tries to rob her safe he finds the yacht drifting out to sea. The woman waves goodbye from the dock, explaining that she too was a thief, cursed to stay aboard for five years until someone took her place.

Reprinted in

Spellbound (1960), Mystic (1960)

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