Strange Tales Vol 1 (1951–1976)

Publisher: Marvel Comics Type: Ongoing Series

Status: Finished Publication Date: June, 1951—November, 1976

The publishing history of Strange Tales is itself a bit strange. After issue #168 (in 1968), the series was re-titled Doctor Strange (who had been the focus of the horror- and mystery-themed book since his appearance in issue 110) and numbering continued from #169 to #183. In 1974, Marvel started Doctor Strange over from #1, and at the same time resumed publishing Strange Tales, beginning at #169 and continuing through #188. Those issues are found here. The Nick Fury stories of issues #146 to #155 were later reprinted in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Issues 1-50

Strange Tales #1
"The Strange Men"
(June, 1951)

Strange Tales #2
"The Egg"
(August, 1951)

Strange Tales #3
"The Shadow!"
(October, 1951)

Strange Tales #4
"The Evil Eye"
(December, 1951)

Strange Tales #5
"The Room Without a Door"
(February, 1952)

Strange Tales #6
"Uninhabited"
(April, 1952)

Strange Tales #7
"My Brother Talks To Bats!"
(June, 1952)

Strange Tales #8
"The Old Mill"
(July, 1952)

Strange Tales #9
"Blind Date"
(August, 1952)

Strange Tales #10
"The Boy Who Was Afraid"
(September, 1952)

Strange Tales #11
"The Devil and Donald Webster"
(October, 1952)

Strange Tales #12
"Love Story"
(November, 1952)

Strange Tales #13
"The Witching Hours!"
(December, 1952)

Strange Tales #14
"Horrible Herman"
(January, 1953)

Strange Tales #15
"Mary and the Witch!"
(February, 1953)

Strange Tales #16
"You Can't Kill Me!"
(March, 1953)

Strange Tales #17
"Danny Had a Dream"
(April, 1953)

Strange Tales #18
"John Doe!"
(May, 1953)

Strange Tales #19
"The Extra Coffin"
(June, 1953)

Strange Tales #20
"The Man Who Couldn't Be Punished"
(July, 1953)

Strange Tales #21
"The Man Who Cried Vampire!"
(August, 1953)

Strange Tales #22
"The Untouchable!"
(September, 1953)

Strange Tales #23
"Welcome To Pluto"
(October, 1953)

Strange Tales #24
"The Things In the Coffins"
(December, 1953)

Strange Tales #25
"The Final Hour"
(February, 1954)

Strange Tales #26
"The Last Stop"
(March, 1954)

Strange Tales #27
"The Poor Old Man"
(April, 1954)

Strange Tales #28
"Come Share My Coffin"
(May, 1954)

Strange Tales #29
"Witchcraft!"
(June, 1954)

Strange Tales #30
"Science Fiction"
(July, 1954)

Strange Tales #31
"The Man Who Played With Blocks!"
(August, 1954)

Strange Tales #32
"Man Or Beast"
(October, 1954)

Strange Tales #33
"A Giant Wasn't There"
(December, 1954)

Strange Tales #34
"Flesh and Blood"
(February, 1955)

Strange Tales #35
"Danger Signal!"
(April, 1955)

Strange Tales #36
"The Man Who Turned Off the Sun!"
(June, 1955)

Strange Tales #37
"A Stroke of the Pen"
(August, 1955)

Strange Tales #38
"The Man In the Sky"
(September, 1955)

Strange Tales #39
"Karnoff's Plan!"
(October, 1955)

Strange Tales #40
"This Dark Cave"
(November, 1955)

Strange Tales #41
"The Riddle of the Skull"
(December, 1955)

Strange Tales #42
"The Faceless One"
(January, 1956)

Strange Tales #43
"The Man Who Lived Twice!"
(February, 1956)

Strange Tales #44
"The Man Who Ran Away"
(March, 1956)

Strange Tales #45
"Land of Vanishing Men"
(April, 1956)

Strange Tales #46
"The Sands Are Running Out"
(May, 1956)

Strange Tales #47
"When Mankind Vanished!"
(June, 1956)

Strange Tales #48
"The Deserted Lighthouse"
(July, 1956)

Strange Tales #49
"Inside the Black Bag"
(August, 1956)

Strange Tales #50
"The End of the Line"
(September, 1956)

Issues 51-100

Strange Tales #51
"The Insects!"
(October, 1956)

Strange Tales #52
"Simon's Stooge"
(November, 1956)

Strange Tales #53
"I Died Tomorrow!"
(December, 1956)

Strange Tales #54
"A Witch By Night"
(January, 1957)

Strange Tales #55
"The Jack-In-The-Box"
(February, 1957)

Strange Tales #56
"Something Is On This Ship!"
(March, 1957)

Strange Tales #57
"You Used to Be Me!"
(April, 1957)

Strange Tales #58
"He Floats Thru the Air"
(May, 1957)

Strange Tales #59
"Help, Help!"
(July, 1957)

Strange Tales #60
"With Just One Stroke"
(December, 1957)

Strange Tales #61
"The Laundry Machines!"
(February, 1958)

Strange Tales #62
"The Girl Who Walked Thru Stone!"
(April, 1958)

Strange Tales #63
"He Never Came Out!"
(June, 1958)

Strange Tales #64
"The Secret Laboratory of Dr. Domino"
(August, 1958)

Strange Tales #65
"Afraid To Open the Door!"
(October, 1958)

Strange Tales #66
"The Ghost Came C.O.D."
(December, 1958)

Strange Tales #67
"Trapped Between Two Worlds!"
(February, 1959)

Strange Tales #68
"Last Warning Evacuate Earth!"
(April, 1959)

Strange Tales #69
"The Man in the Iron Box"
(June, 1959)

Strange Tales #70
"A Giant Walks the Earth!"
(August, 1959)

Strange Tales #71
"I Dared to Defy Merlin's Black Magic!"
(October, 1959)

Strange Tales #72
"I Fought the Colossus!"
(December, 1959)

Strange Tales #73
""Grottu, King of the Insects!""
(February, 1960)

Strange Tales #74
"Gorgolla! the Living Gargoyle!!"
(April, 1960)

Strange Tales #75
"Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp!"
(June, 1960)

Strange Tales #76
"I am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder!"
(August, 1960)

Strange Tales #77
"The Return of Taboo!"
(October, 1960)

Strange Tales #78
"A Martian Walks Among Us!"
(November, 1960)

Strange Tales #79
"I was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow"
(December, 1960)

Strange Tales #80
"What? What? What was Gargantus?"
(January, 1961)

Strange Tales #81
"The Scarecrow Walks!"
(February, 1961)

Strange Tales #82
"The Thing Called It!"
(March, 1961)

Strange Tales #83
"From Out of the Black Pit Came... Grogg!"
(April, 1961)

Strange Tales #84
"The Wonder of the Ages! Magneto!"
(May, 1961)

Strange Tales #85
"The Return of Gargantus!"
(June, 1961)

Strange Tales #86
"I Created Mechano!"
(July, 1961)

Strange Tales #87
"The Return of Grogg!"
(August, 1961)

Strange Tales #88
"Zzutak The Thing That Shouldn't Exist!"
(September, 1961)

Strange Tales #89
"Fin Fang Foom!"
(October, 1961)

Strange Tales #90
"Orrgo the Unconquerable!"
(November, 1961)

Strange Tales #91
"The Sacrifice!"
(December, 1961)

Strange Tales #92
"The Thing Hunts for Me!"
(January, 1962)

Strange Tales #93
"When the Thing Runs Amok"
(February, 1962)

Strange Tales #94
"I Was a Decoy for Pildorr the Plunderer from Outer Space!"
(March, 1962)

Strange Tales #95
"With My Own Eyes, I saw the Two-Headed Thing!"
(April, 1962)

Strange Tales #96
"I Dream of Doom!"
(May, 1962)

Strange Tales #97
"When a Planet Dies!"
(June, 1962)

Strange Tales #98
"No Human Can Beat Me!"
(July, 1962)

Strange Tales #99
"Mister Morgan's Monster"
(August, 1962)

Strange Tales #100
"The Man in the Crazy Maze"
(September, 1962)

Issues 101-109 (Human Torch + misc stories)

Strange Tales #101
"The Human Torch"
(October, 1962)

Strange Tales #102
"Prisoner of the Wizard"
(November, 1962)

Strange Tales #103
"Prisoner of the 5th Dimension"
(December, 1962)

Strange Tales #104
"The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete!"
(January, 1963)

Strange Tales #105
"The Return of the Wizard!"
(February, 1963)

Strange Tales #106
"The Threat of the Torrid Twosome"
(March, 1963)

Strange Tales #107
"The Master of Flame Vs. The Monarch of the Sea!!"
(April, 1963)

Strange Tales #108
"The Painter of a Thousand Perils!"
(May, 1963)

Strange Tales #109
"The Sorcerer and Pandora's Box"
(June, 1963)

Issues 110-123 (Human Torch + Dr. Strange)

Strange Tales #110
"The Human Torch Vs. the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!"
(July, 1963)

Strange Tales #111
"Fighting to the Death with Asbestos Man!"
(August, 1963)

Strange Tales #112
"The Threat of the Living Bomb!"
(September, 1963)

Strange Tales #113
"The Coming of Plantman!"
(October, 1963)

Strange Tales #114
"The Human Torch Meets... Captain America"
(November, 1963)

Strange Tales #115
"The Sandman Strikes!"
(December, 1963)

Strange Tales #116
"In the Clutches of the Puppet Master!"
(January, 1964)

Strange Tales #117
"The Return of the Eel!"
(February, 1964)

Strange Tales #118
"The Man Who Became the Torch!"
(March, 1964)

Strange Tales #119
"The Torch Goes Wild!"
(April, 1964)

Strange Tales #120
"The Torch Meets Iceman!"
(May, 1964)

Strange Tales #121
""Prisoner of the Plantman!""
(June, 1964)

Strange Tales #122
""3 Against The Torch!""
(July, 1964)

Strange Tales #123
"The Birth of the Beetle!"
(August, 1964)

Issues 124-134 (The Human Torch and The Thing + Dr. Strange)

Strange Tales #124
"Paste-Pot-Pete"
(September, 1964)

Strange Tales #125
"The Sub-Mariner Must Be Stopped!"
(October, 1964)

Strange Tales #126
"Pawns of the Deadly Duo!"
(November, 1964)

Strange Tales #127
"The Mystery Villain!"
(December, 1964)

Strange Tales #128
"Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch"
(January, 1965)

Strange Tales #129
"The Terrible Trio!"
(February, 1965)

Strange Tales #130
""Meet The Beatles!""
(March, 1965)

Strange Tales #131
"The Bouncing Ball of Doom!"
(April, 1965)

Strange Tales #132
"The Sinister Spacetrap!"
(May, 1965)

Strange Tales #133
"The Terrible Toys!"
(June, 1965)

Strange Tales #134
"The Challenge of...The Watcher!"
(July, 1965)

Issues 135-168 (Dr. Strange + Agent of SHIELD)

Strange Tales #135
"Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD: The Man For the Job"
(August, 1965)

Strange Tales #136
"Find Fury or Die!"
(September, 1965)

Strange Tales #137
""The Prize Is... Earth!""
(October, 1965)

Strange Tales #138
""Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!""
(November, 1965)

Strange Tales #139
""The Brave Die Hard!""
(December, 1965)

Strange Tales #140
"The End of HYDRA"
(January, 1966)

Strange Tales #141
"Operation: Brain Blast!"
(February, 1966)

Strange Tales #142
""Who Strikes at --- S.H.I.E.L.D.?""
(March, 1966)

Strange Tales #143
"To Free a Brain Slave!"
(April, 1966)

Strange Tales #144
"The Day of the Druid"
(May, 1966)

Strange Tales #145
"Lo! The Eggs Shall Hatch!"
(June, 1966)

Strange Tales #146
"When the Unliving Strike"
(July, 1966)

Strange Tales #147
"The Enemy Within!"
(August, 1966)

Strange Tales #148
""Death Before Dishonor!""
(September, 1966)

Strange Tales #149
"The End of A.I.M."
(October, 1966)

Strange Tales #150
"Hydra Lives!"
(November, 1966)

Strange Tales #151
"Overkill!"
(December, 1966)

Strange Tales #152
"The Power of SHIELD!"
(January, 1967)

Strange Tales #153
"The Hiding Place!"
(February, 1967)

Strange Tales #154
"Beware... The Deadly Dreadnaught!"
(March, 1967)

Strange Tales #155
"Death Trap"
(April, 1967)

Strange Tales #156
"The Tribunal!"
(May, 1967)

Strange Tales #157
"Crisis!"
(June, 1967)

Strange Tales #158
"Final Encounter!"
(July, 1967)

Strange Tales #159
"Spy School"
(August, 1967)

Strange Tales #160
"Project: Blackout, Part 1"
(September, 1967)

Strange Tales #161
"Project: Blackout, Part II: The Second Doom!"
(October, 1967)

Strange Tales #162
"So Evil, The Night!"
(November, 1967)

Strange Tales #163
"And the Dragon Cried... Death!"
(December, 1967)

Strange Tales #164
"Nightmare"
(January, 1968)

Strange Tales #165
"Behold the Savage Sky!"
(February, 1968)

Strange Tales #166
"Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!"
(March, 1968)

Strange Tales #167
"Armageddon"
(April, 1968)

Strange Tales #168
"Exile"
(May, 1968)

Continues in Doctor Strange Vol 1 # 169 & Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD Vol 1 # 1

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5 years later, it picks up from the original numbering:

Issues 169-181 (Short Run Stories)

Strange Tales #169
"Brother Voodoo!"
(September, 1973)

Strange Tales #170
""Baptism of Fire""
(October, 1973)

Strange Tales #171
""March of the Dead!""
(December, 1973)

Strange Tales #172
""Fiend in the Fog""
(February, 1974)

Strange Tales #173
""Sacrifice Play""
(April, 1974)

Strange Tales #174
"There Walks the Golem!"
(June, 1974)

Strange Tales #175
"Torr"
(August, 1974)

Strange Tales #176
"Black Crossing"
(October, 1974)

Strange Tales #177
"There Comes Now Raging Fire"
(December, 1974)

Strange Tales #178
"Who Is Adam Warlock?"
(February, 1975)

Strange Tales #179
"Death Ship!"
(April, 1975)

Strange Tales #180
"The Judgment!"
(June, 1975)

Strange Tales #181
"1000 Clowns!"
(August, 1975)

Continues in Warlock Vol 1 # 9

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Issues 182-188 (Dr. Strange Reprints)

Strange Tales #182
"The Challenge of Loki"
(November, 1975)

Strange Tales #183
"The Defeat of Dr. Strange"
(January, 1976)

Strange Tales #184
"Face-to-Face At Last With Baron Mordo"
(March, 1976)

Strange Tales #185
"Earth Be My Battleground"
(May, 1976)

Strange Tales #186
"What Lurks Beneath the Mask?"
(July, 1976)

Strange Tales #187
"If Eternity Should Fail!"
(September, 1976)

Strange Tales #188
"The Pincers of Power"
(November, 1976)

Annuals

• Strange Tales Annual Vol 1

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Strange Tales Annual #1
"I Unleashed Shagg Upon the World!"
(September, 1962)

Strange Tales Annual #2
"On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!"
(October, 1963)