Strange Tales #74 (1960) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Beware the Hands of Hundu!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Gorgolla
1	Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	David Hartnell; Gorgolla (destroyed); Mr. Welles
2	The Whirlpool of Gairloch	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	John Potts; McPherson; Capt. Breslow
3	Beware the Hands of Hundu	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Hundu; Anne Walker; Mark Walker
4	I Was Trapped in the Nightmare World	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Mr. Brown; Dr. Ethan Lindley; Kun
5	When the Totem Walks!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Bull Drago; Hunk; Totem (introduction, origin)

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