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Strange Tales #75

Marvel · Series began 1951 · June 1960

Dates

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

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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.

Publisher’s description

A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp.

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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