Strange Tales Annual Vol 1 2

Strange Tales Annual Vol 1 #2 October, 1963 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Sol Brodsky "On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Was the Invisible Man!" Writer Jack Kirby Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Christopher Rule Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Am Robot" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Letterer John Duffy "Worlds Within Worlds!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Carl Burgos Inker Carl Burgos Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Was the Man Who Lived Twice!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler John Buscema Inker John Buscema Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Fly to the Stars!" Writer Jack Kirby Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Christopher Rule Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "Prison 2000 A.D." Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Christopher Rule Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!" Penciler Dick Ayers Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Dick Ayers "Nightmare Planet" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Joe Sinnott Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "I Captured the Abominable Snowman!" Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Previous Issue Next Issue Strange Tales #112 Strange Tales #113

Appearing in "On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!"

Featured Characters:

•  Human Torch (Johnny Storm) 
•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Invisible Girl (Sue Storm) 

Antagonists:

• The Fox (Reynard Slinker)  (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• New York Police Department
  • Deputy Police Inspector Rudd (First appearance)
  •  Charlie 
  • Pete 
• Leonardo da Vinci (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• New York
  • Long Island
    • Glenville
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Bowery
      • Madison Avenue
      • Central Park
    • Statue of Liberty

Items:

• Jet-Powered Roller Skates
• Spider-Man's Spider-Signal
• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
  
  

Synopsis for "On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!"

Jealous of the press that Spider-Man is getting, the Human Torch has an opportunity to clash with the wall crawler when the villain known as the Fox frames Spider-Man for the theft of priceless art. However, after checking with police who believe that the Fox might be responsible for the thefts, the Torch works together with Spider-Man in capturing the Fox and turning him over to justice.

Appearing in "I Was the Invisible Man!"

Featured Characters:

• Invisible Man (Adam Clayton) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Prof. Howard

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "I Was the Invisible Man!"

A scientist uses a device that makes the particles of a living body move at the speed of light rendering him invisible to the eye. He conducts a series of stunts in order to build up a name for himself so he can them go public and cash in. After forty days he glances into the mirror that morning and realizes that he has aged forty years during that span. Since he has sped up his body so dramatically, his aging has accelerated in proportion, and he realizes with the little time left to him that he can no longer use his knowledge for selfish gain.

Appearing in "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!"

Featured Characters:

• Rick Dugan

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed future reality
  
  

Synopsis for "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!"

Appearing in "I Am Robot"

Featured Characters:

• Thorne

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Robots
  
  

Synopsis for "I Am Robot"

A man creates a robot so advanced that it has the capacity to think and feel as a human. He entrusts his son to it, but when the robot is damaged while defending the child from alien abductors, the scientist's suspicious wife is convinced that it malfunctioned, and he abandons the project.

Appearing in "Worlds Within Worlds!"

Featured Characters:

• Paul Stratton

Supporting Characters:

• Terry Mason

Other Characters:

• Dr. Stone

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed reality
  
  

Synopsis for "Worlds Within Worlds!"

A scientist is convinced that there are microscopic worlds inside microbes. He cannot find one, but if he'd kept looking then he would have found Earth.

Appearing in "I Was the Man Who Lived Twice!"

Featured Characters:

• Gyor Kosice

Supporting Characters:

• Maria

Other Characters:

• Dr. Stone

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "I Was the Man Who Lived Twice!"

A boy adopted by gypsies refuses to work hard and lives a wasted life. As he reaches middle ages he is given a second chance at life when he is shown a fountain of youth and returned to infancy, to be found and adopted by another gypsy couple.

Appearing in "I Fly to the Stars!"

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed future reality
  
  

Synopsis for "I Fly to the Stars!"

In the year 2389 space pilots do not marry because, while six months passes for them on their journeys, decades pass for their sweethearts who remain behind on Earth.

Appearing in "Prison 2000 A.D."

Featured Characters:

• John Fox

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed future reality

Items:

Synopsis for "Prison 2000 A.D."

In the year 2000 criminals are reconditioned through virtual reality.

Appearing in "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!"

Featured Characters:

• Ogarth

Supporting Characters:

• Cnidos

Other Characters:

• Zeno (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• New Atlantis
  
  

Synopsis for "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!"

The king of Atlantis is convinced that life still exists on the surface and leads an invasion fleet to make war on the world above. He finds that in the centuries since Atlantis sunk the pressures of the sea have made his people tiny as insects compared to surface humans, and they must return beneath the waves.

Appearing in "Nightmare Planet"

Featured Characters:

• Col. Ken Travers

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "Nightmare Planet"

Earth is terrified by the approach of a giant planet, but a military expedition finds that time moves more slowly on this planet, so they will not notice Earth.

Appearing in "I Captured the Abominable Snowman!"

Featured Characters:

• Yetti

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "I Captured the Abominable Snowman!"

A man lies, cheats and steals to find the abominable snowman, and eventually discovers a lama who knows the secret of the snowman and is forced to summon it. He discovers that the snowman was a greedy man like him, cursed to wear a bestial form until another took his place. He is horrified as the snowman becomes human and he is transformed into a monster.

Trivia

Continuity Notes

On The Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!

• This issue marks the first time that Spider-Man and the Human Torch agree to meet at the Statue of Liberty. This becomes a regular meeting place for the two heroes from this point on.

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