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Issue: Marvel Tales #96
Publication Date: June 1950
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Issues: #96 of 67 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comic [round logo]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Monster Returns!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Syd Shores; Joe Maneely ? (see notes)
Inker(s): Syd Shores; Joe Maneely ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frankenstein's Monster
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #95 published July 1950
as The Monster Returns! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of the Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan; Syd Shores (see note)
Inker(s): Vince Alascia ?; Syd Shores (see note)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Frankenstein Monster
Synopsis: A contemporary continuation of the Frankenstein story.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific Mystery #34 published January 1952
as The Return of the Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #32 published November 1974
as The Return of the Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: 7284
Disclose Notes: Shores splash page taken from his cover image.
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The Deadly Dwarf!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vern Henkel
Inker(s): Vern Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 7389
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Thrills and Chills
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Suspense #3.
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The Mask of the Mind!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: No one suspects that the handsome and kind Dr. Hill is secretly a grave robber who disguises himself with a hideous mask to do his evil work.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #11 published November 1974
as The Mask of the Mind! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 5781
Disclose Notes: A similar plot to the Ditko story in Tales to Astonish #11.
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Don't Shake Hands with the Devil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Satan sends an emissary to a horror story publisher so that he will read the scroll of suffering and be transported to Hell. Satan wants his soul because the stories he publishes turn people away from evil, but he cannot collect it until he is dead, so he puts the curse of Satan upon the publisher to kill the first person he sees (as then he will be executed for the crime), and sends him back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #15 published November 1974
as Don't Shake Hands with the Devil! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 7324
Disclose Notes: Features “a publisher of weird and fantastic horror stories,” whose titles include Satanic Stories, the magazine that dares defy the devil!”.
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The Case of the Cat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Joan] (illustration)
Inker(s): ? [as Joan] (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Boy #1 published December 1950
as The Case of the Cat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2007
as The Case of the Cat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 7373
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The Witch's Son!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos ?
Inker(s): Carl Burgos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A boy releases bears from their cages in order to save an old woman from being burned at the stake as a witch, but she actually is a witch, and rewards him with a protective spell.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #11 published November 1974
as The Witch's Son! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #165 published August 1977
as Il figlio della strega [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 7458
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The Terror That Creeps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Werner Roth
Inker(s): Werner Roth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man tries in vain to convince the world that the Sphinx is slowly crawling to the edge of the desert where it will regain its full power to fly and commit atrocities in the name of the evil god Set.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #14 published November 1974
as The Terror That Creeps [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 7282

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