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Issue: Strange Tales #88

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Publication Date: September 1961

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Issues: #88 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
5 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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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Strange Tales #88 [U.S. Cover Price]

Strange Tales #88 [UK Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Pages: 1

Zzutak the Thing That Shouldn't Exist!!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Frank Johnson (introduction); Yucoya-Tzin (introduction, not named); Zzutak (introduction, origin)

Synopsis: An American comic book artist is forced by an Aztec priest to make a monster with magic paints. The artist creates another monster to fight the first, causing the temple to collapse on both monsters, giving the priest amnesia and ending the threat.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: V-299

Notes: Narrated in the first person. Frank Johnson, Yucoya-Tzin and all next appear in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994).
This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Zzutak" (7 pp). Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 13).
Steve Ditko writer credit removed based on information from the Atlas/Timely list.

Snowstorm

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Dawson; Mr. Manfredy

Synopsis: A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: J-866

Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

The Lifeless Man!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Joey Clark

Synopsis: A young boy prefers an old wooden toy soldier to more modern toys. His friends make fun of the toy, but when they are threatened by a bear the soldier seems to drive it off with its rifle.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-301

Notes: Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Punishment!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Urru

Synopsis: An advanced civilization sends a mugger to a prison planet. Only a few moments on this world full of war, crime and disease make him go straight in order to avoid ever again coming back to Earth.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-300

Notes: Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).