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CATALOG RECORD

Strange Tales #75

Marvel · Series began 1951 · June 1960

Dates

Cover date
June 1960
On sale
January 29, 1960
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #75 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinman, Don Heckinks: Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • Taboo! The Thing From Murky Swamp! · 7 pages

    A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records.

  • The Return of the Totem! · 6 pages

    The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life.

  • The Strange Stone · 1.75 pages

    Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.

  • Doomsday! · 5 pages

    Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth. An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the other’s belief in a higher power.

  • I Made The Hulk Live · 5 pages

    A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body. He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside.

Reprinted in

Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Spellbound (1960), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Tomb of Darkness (1974), Monster Masterworks (1989), Monster Menace (1993), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), True Believers: Hulk - The Other Hulks (2019), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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