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Issue: Strange Tales #59
Publication Date: July 1957
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Issues: #59 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
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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: 22 (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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida
Inker(s): Fred Kida
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Of all those in the theater, why did only Steve Ryan want to cry out "Help! Help!"
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #139 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Free

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for stamp guide & stamps from Goliath Stamp Co.
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Help, Help!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Gene Colan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-48
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Boys Girls Get These Prizes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for prizes offered (Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, Gene Autry Cowboy Guitar, etc.) for sales of seeds from American Seed Company
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When the World Went Mad!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-92
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Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for toy gun from Honor House Products
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Develop Muscles of Steel!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for "Power Gym" from Honor House Products Corp.
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What Waits In the Dungeon?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge (signed)
Inker(s): George Woodbridge (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-34
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Gain More Weight in 10 Days

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Letterer(s): typeset (partial)
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for weight loss plan from More Wate Company
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Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for seat covers from Cryder Sales
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Trapped in the Burning Sands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Doug Wildey
Inker(s): Doug Wildey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-973
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 Mist Foam

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Doug Wildey
Inker(s): Doug Wildey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Marvin Kale; Paula Kale
Synopsis: When a husband goes shopping he finds a new cleaning fluid that makes anything better than new, even him.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales of the Unusual #5 published August 1956
was Special Sale [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Magic Mist Foam"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-932
Disclose Notes: Text story with one illustration.
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20 Today's Best Buy Chic Smart Used Dresses

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for used (ugh!) dresses from Mail Order Mart
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12 Children's Dresses

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for dresses (probably used) from Bargain Mart
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Be Lucky in Love!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for relationship books from Plaza Book Co.
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The Fearful Fate of Mr. Foster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Loprino
Inker(s): Dan Loprino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 3
Job Number: L-951
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Stamps Shop by Mail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for various items (stamps, pens, fencing swords, etc.) from assorted dealers
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The Death Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-987
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Motor Overhaul Job

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for "Motor Overhaul" car additive from "Best Buys" (notice they put quotes around the company name so as to make the name more subjective!)
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We'll Ripple You Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for "Fight Secrets" book by Joe Louis from Joe Louis c/o National Sports Council
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Check the Kind of Body You Want!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for body building course from Charles Atlas
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Given! Premiums or Cash Given!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for prizes offered for sales of White Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chem. Co.

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