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Issue: Strange Tales #95
Publication Date: April 1962
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Issues: #95 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/04/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands on January 4, 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In6
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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The Two-Headed Thing!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): "Two-Headed Thing" [named only in title]; Eddie Kane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #26 published October 1973
as The Two-Headed Thing! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover features an early writer-artist credit with a blurb reading "Also..Another Off-Beat Little Classic by Lee and Ditko: Do Not Panic!"
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The Two-Headed Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): "Two-Headed Thing" (named only in title); Eddie Kane
Synopsis: In a storm, a convict escapes through a hole smashed in the wall. When he is found, he tells a tale of a shape-shifting monster. When the guards scoff, the escapee reveals that HE is the monster, and they are only saved by a lightning strike.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #26 published October 1973
as The Two-Headed Thing!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: [V-554 ?]
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Muscle Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Jimmy Binn; Tooloo
Synopsis: An ordinary man envies body-builders on the beach, and a strange figure teaches him about the strength of his own mind.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #48 published July 1956
was Muscle Man [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-849
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Monster Escapes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #24 published October 1973
as The Monster Escapes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-555
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The Cave of Shaggdorr!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Shaggdorr; Bruno Krugg
Synopsis: No one had ever returned from a treasure search in the cave of the Shaggdorr on Ursa Centaurius. Bruno Krugg escapes the authorities and heads for the planet to steal the treasure. Little does he know the cave itself is a giant creature.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #15 [25ยข Cover Price] published April 1976
as The Cave of Shaggdorr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-556
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The Two Greatest New Fantasy Magazines in the World!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Do Not Panic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien craft arrives over a city and descends. The pilot wears a frightening spacesuit, but since the military do not panic, they do not attack, and when the human pilot removes his helmet he is warmly greeted by the people of Mars.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #26 published October 1973
as Do Not Panic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCurse of the Weird #1 published December 1993
as Do Not Panic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: V-557
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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