Strange Tales #5 (1952) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Room Without a Door!	cover	1	colors: Stan Goldberg
1	The Room Without a Door	comic story	7	script: Hank Chapman; pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely	Henry; Wilkins; Mattery; Albitra Narrse
2	Welcome to the Werewolves	text story	2	letters: typeset	Steve Simon; Draja Obranovitch
3	The Little Man Who Was There	comic story	5	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Joe Letterese	Dennis Ames
4	The Trap	comic story	6	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: Manny Stallman, John Giunta; letters: Morrie Kuramoto	Hugh Kane; John Fenston; Alton Barnes
5	My Brother Harry	comic story	5	pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta; letters: Joe Letterese	Phil; Marge; Harry; Lola Richmond

Collection	Year
Chamber of Chills #16	1975	On eBay ›
Spellbound #16	1953	On eBay ›
Tomb of Darkness #14	1975	On eBay ›
Crypt of Shadows #16	1975	On eBay ›
Crypt of Shadows #17	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 ISBN 0-7851-2771-2; 978-0-7851-2771-0	2007	On eBay ›
Joe Maneely: "The Raving Maniac" and Other Stories ISBN 9781683968917	2023	On eBay ›

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