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Issue: Strange Tales #47
Publication Date: June 1956
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Issues: #47 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky (signed)
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as Strange Tales #47 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself. Features an illustration related to 3 of the comic stories, When Sorcerors Meet, The Hands and When Mankind Vanished
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Stamp Album

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a stamp album from Littleton Stamp Company. Located on inside front cover.
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When Mankind Vanished!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Gregory Winston
Synopsis: A businessman who dislikes humanity finds one day that he loses the ability to see them.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as When Mankind Vanished! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-432
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How I Made a Small Fortune in Spare Time!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mason Shoe Mfg. Company
Synopsis: William Bergstrom wants to make extra money. Selling shoes in his spare time could help.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement to sell shoes from the Mason Shoe Manufacturing Co. Synopsis of comic shown above.
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Overflow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Byrop
Synopsis: Aliens from Neptune give up their invasion plans when they interact with actors from a Hollywood film set.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as Overflow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-310
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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When Sorcerers Meet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob McCarty
Inker(s): Bob McCarty
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Chris Garson; Helen
Synopsis: A failed magician has his confidence restored when he stumbles across an enclave of sorcerers.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as When Sorcerers Meet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-420
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The Trial of Dr. Volton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Emil Volton; Eddie; Stephan Purdy
Synopsis: An inventor finds himself in court when he apparently endangers his son's life in experiments, but the 'son' turns out to be a robot.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Trial of Dr. Volton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-369
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Magic Melody

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Gus Harris; Mr. Peters
Synopsis: A boy without a family is given a vial filled with music, but squanders the inspiration of it.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #6 published March 1957
as Vial of Inspiration [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as Magic Melody [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-628
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The New Member!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zad Compton
Synopsis: An explorer's club turns down an applicant for membership because he has not hunted elephant or lion but he later reveals himself to be from another planet.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The New Member! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-306
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The Hands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim McLaughlin
Inker(s): Jim McLaughlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Olga Forli; Grigor
Synopsis: A dictator is killed when the bullet he fires to silence a dissident ricochets and strikes him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #5 [Regular Edition] published October 2011
as The Hands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-402

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