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59July 1957
$0.10

Strange Tales #59

Marvel · July 1957 · on sale April 3, 1957

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Series
Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
July 1957
Key date
July 1957
On-sale date
April 3, 1957
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: Fred Kida; inks: Fred Kida; colors: Stan Goldberg
2Help, Help!comic story4pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan; letters: Artie Simek
4When the World Went Mad!comic story4pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie Krigstein; letters: Joe Letterese
7What Waits In the Dungeon?comic story4pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
10Trapped in the Burning Sandscomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Doug Wildey; inks: Doug Wildey
11Magic Mist Foamtext story2pencils: Doug Wildey; inks: Doug WildeyMarvin Kale; Paula Kale
15The Fearful Fate of Mr. Fostercomic story3pencils: Dan Loprino; inks: Dan Loprino
17The Death Mask!comic story4pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

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War Comics Vol. 1
ISBN 9781683969686
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