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Issue: Strange Tales #9
Publication Date: August 1952
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Issues: #9 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
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: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In14
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Drink Deep, Vampire!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky ?; Carl Burgos ?
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as [Strange Tales #9] Drink Deep Vampire! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Possible Burgos pencils and inks per Michael J. Vassallo's blog:

http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2016/04/happy-100th-birthday-to-carl-burgos.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky on inks.

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Blind Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Vic Carrabotta ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mac Farrand
Synopsis: A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone. He walks over and starts to talk to her. She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. She says 'Very well' and careens off. He becomes frightened and tells her to slow down and she does not. When he glances over at her, he screams, for he sees a skeleton that tells him he has stolen a blind date with Death as the car heads straight for the side of a mountain.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeware #2 published May 1973
as Blind Date [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as Blind Date [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: A-691
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Death Finds a Way

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (illustration)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): George Brand
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as Death Finds a Way [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #1 published June 1952
was Death Finds A Way! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: A-203
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The Strange Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marty Elkin [as M. Elkin] (signed)
Inker(s): Marty Elkin [as M. Elkin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lou Beltram
Synopsis: A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #3 published May 1973
as The Strange Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as The Strange Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: A-644
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The Man from Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Freddie
Synopsis: A deadbeat wants to see a movie called 'The Man from Mars' but since he doesn't bother to get a job, he's broke and has no money. When he sees a rocket ship with a sign outside that reads "Be the First to see Mars" he thinks it's a promotion for the picture and enters, hoping to get to see the movie for free. Suddenly, the rocket blasts off and he passes out from the acceleration. When he revives, he finds himself a captive in a Martian zoo.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeware #2 published May 1973
as The Man from Mars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as The Man from Mars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: A-634
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Drink Deep, Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Karl Croya; Gorlac
Synopsis: A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDracula Lives #2 published January 1973
as Vampires Drink Deep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Vampires Drink Deep"
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as Drink Deep, Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: A-701
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The Voice of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Benulis
Inker(s): Bill Benulis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hendrix
Synopsis: A publisher has communication devices installed in every cubicle so he can fire his employees when they badmouth him. One day, he hears a voice that threatens him with eternal torments in Hell. He demands to know who is speaking and a grinning skull emanates from the device to claim him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeware #2 published May 1973
as The Voice of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as The Voice of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Gruft von Graf Dracula #8 published ?
as Die Stimme des Todes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: A-627

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