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49August 1956
$0.10

Strange Tales #49

Marvel · August 1956 · on sale 1956-05-02

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Identification plate

Series
Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
August 1956
Key date
1956-08-00
On-sale date
1956-05-02
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: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
1Inside the Black Bagcomic story4pencils: Mac L. Pakula; inks: Mac L. Pakula; letters: Morrie Kuramoto
2The Girl Who Saved the Worldcomic story4pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
3Not Quite Humancomic story4pencils: Christopher Rule; inks: Christopher Rule; letters: Joe Letterese
4What Happened to Mr. Smith ?comic story4pencils: Harry Lazarus; inks: Harry Lazarus; letters: Joe Letterese
5The Weathermantext story2letters: typesetWillie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
6The Animalcomic story3script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
7The Man Who Criedcomic story4script: Jack Oleck; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; letters: Ray Holloway

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