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38September 1955
$0.10

Strange Tales #38

Marvel · September 1955 · on sale 1955-06-02

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Identification plate

Series
Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
September 1955
Key date
1955-09-00
On-sale date
1955-06-02
Indicia publisher
Chipiden Publishing Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Sol Brodsky, Carl Burgos; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Man in the Skycomic story5pencils: Al Hartley; inks: Al Hartley; letters: Artie Simek
2From Outer Spacetext story2letters: typesetJonathan Ditmar
3The Shaggy Creature!comic story4pencils: Bob Forgione; inks: Jack AbelBradley Brenton
4No Escape!comic story4pencils: John Forte; inks: John ForteHarry; Gloria
5Time Crimecomic story5script: Paul S. Newman; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyEd Evans
6The Boy Who Saw!comic story5pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Dick AyersTad Wilson

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CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #4
ISBN 978-0-7851-5014-5
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