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Issue: Strange Tales #60
Publication Date: December 1957
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Issues: #60 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 08/1957
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in August 1957. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

This is the first issue of Strange Tales published after a publication hiatus caused by the collapse of Atlas's distributor and the subsequent restructuring known as the "Atlas Implosion". This is the last issue with stories bearing the "One of the Strangest Tales Ever Told!" logo used since 1952 on their first page. This may indicate the use of inventory pre-implosion stories.

Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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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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The Abyss!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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With Just One Stroke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): John Durston
Synopsis: A criminal discovers a magic pen, which makes anything that he writes come true. It runs dry when he is trying to steal jewels, leaving him trapped in a vault to die.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-220
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Rude Awakening!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Parks; Davis; Mason
Synopsis: An embezzler dreams he will be caught, and kills the man he dreams responsible. The murder is another dream, as he is jailed pending sentence for embezzlement. He wakes to find himself being sentenced for murder, instead of embezzlement.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-182
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The Final Shot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mike Dillon; Frank Rochelle; Dan Gavin; Eric Dixon; Louis Ruppert; Grogan
Synopsis: A convict released from prison attempts to get revenge on those responsible for placing him there. He shoots them with a chemical compound that makes them susceptible to suggestion in order to force them to commit crimes. His plan fails when he misses the detective who arrested him and the man just plays along to find out what his scheme is.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-151
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Child's Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Christopher Rule ?; Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rod Manning; Dr. Lang; Charlie Manning; Alice Manning
Synopsis: A rich man gets forces a scientist to give him a robot as a toy for his son despite his warnings. It tries to burn the house down, and the man apologizes to the scientist for not listening.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-171
Disclose Notes: According to From the Tomb Magazine #10, Ed Winiarski may have contributed pencils.
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Crackpot Chemist

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jasper McReedy; Stella McReedy; Linda McReedy; Tom Logan; Bob Webster
Synopsis: A dedicated chemist invents a formula to give people a healthy weight, and his daughter accidentally tests it on the neighbors.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #140 published November 1955
was The Dreamer [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Crackpot Chemist"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-57
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Puppet Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Loprino (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Loprino (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mathews
Synopsis: An amnesiac confesses to a murder he doesn't remember, but applause reminds him that he is only an actor lost in his role.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: M-170
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The Abyss!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Leos; Karol; Maria
Synopsis: Political refugees seeking to flee tyranny are assisted by supernatural beings, and realize once they reach freedom that they crossed over Mt. Olympus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-156
Disclose Notes: The characters in this story could conceivably have been fleeing from Communist Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, but this would mean that their pursuers were able to follow quite far into Greece.

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