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Cover of Strange Tales #91
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CATALOG RECORD

Strange Tales #91

Marvel · Series began 1951 · December 1961

Dates

Cover date
December 1961
On sale
September 5, 1961
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #91 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Don Heck, Steve Ditkoinks: Dick Ayers, George Klein, Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Don Heck, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • The Sacrifice! · 7 pages

    An astronaut sent to Mars encounters a telepathic plant that destroyed all life on Mars and forces him to take it to Earth. The man kills himself by blowing up the spaceship and stranding the plant in space.

  • Strange Mission · 2 pages

    A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

  • The Coming of the Giants · 6 pages

    Alien giants menace New York, but retreat at token resistance. The people find a projector and decide that the aliens' giant size was an illusion. The aliens really were giants and left the equipment to disguise their cowardice.

  • The Mask of Morgumm! · 5 pages

    A baby-faced criminal gets an ugly mask to disguise himself and intimidate people. When he removes the mask he finds that it has made his face just as ugly as the mask and so easily recognizable.

  • The Warning! · 5 pages

    A man frantically tries to convince people in a park that he saw a statue move. When he is unsuccessful he is satisfied, since now he knows that his alien people's plan to infiltrate Earth with soldiers disguised as statues will work.

Reprinted in

Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980), Spellbound (1960), Mystic (1960), Voodoo (1961), Climax Adventure Comic (1962), Chiller Pocket Book (1980), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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