Strange Tales Vol 1 68

Strange Tales Vol 1 #68 Published April, 1959 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby "Last Warning Evacuate Earth!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Joe Sinnott "The Creatures from the Bottomless Pit!" Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko "Test Pilot" Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Christopher Rule "Next Stop Mars!" Penciler Carl Burgos "Mystery Trip" Penciler Joe Maneely "Trapped in Tomorrow" Penciler John Buscema Previous Issue Next Issue Strange Tales #67 Strange Tales #69

Appearing in "Last Warning Evacuate Earth!"

Featured Characters:

• Makka
• Dog
• Hunter
• People
• Melvin Pretzel
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Locations:

• Aquila Centaurus
• Earth
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Items:

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Vehicles:

• Ship
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Synopsis for "Last Warning Evacuate Earth!"

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Appearing in "The Creatures from the Bottomless Pit!"

Featured Characters:

• Serge Kemplet
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Antagonists:

• Gremlins and leprechauns
  • Kloto
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Other Characters:

• The magic one aka the Sage of Atlantis
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Locations:

• The bottomless pit
• The cavern
• Atlantis
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Items:

• The sacred ball
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Vehicles:

• The bathysphere
• Boat
• Atomic submarine
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Synopsis for "The Creatures from the Bottomless Pit!"

A man descends in a bathysphere into a pit so deep that he is surprised to find a waterless cavern beneath it occupied by elves banished long ago by a wizard. They stole the magic ball that kept Atlantis safe from the waves and so a sorcerer cast a spell that would send them to the deepest pit in the Earth. They offer to make the man ruler of humans if he returns them to the surface would, he agrees at first, but then has second thoughts about unleashing their mischief upon unsuspecting humanity and destroys the bathysphere accepting underground exile in the process.

Appearing in "Test Pilot"

Featured Characters:

• Ralph Preston
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Antagonists:

• Auriga raiders
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Other Characters:

• Frank
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Locations:

• New York City
• Prometheus rocket ship plant
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Items:

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Vehicles:

• X-400 super space ship
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Synopsis for "Test Pilot"

This story details the type of space hazards that a rocketship test pilot must deal with in the year 2089.

Appearing in "Next Stop Mars!"

Featured Characters:

• Shorty Raymond
• Walter Lanson
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Other Characters:

• Unnamed people
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Locations:

• A small American town
• A different city
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Synopsis for "Next Stop Mars!"

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Appearing in "Mystery Trip"

Featured Characters:

• Uncle Pete
• Tommy Pidgeon
• Goober Jones
• Tommy's father
• Rosie
• Tommy's mother
• The General
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Locations:

• Pidgeon housefold
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Items:

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Vehicles:

• Uncle Pete's car
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Synopsis for "Mystery Trip"

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Appearing in "Trapped in Tomorrow"

Featured Characters:

• Willy Phelps
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Other Characters:

• People from the future
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Locations:

• Phelps' home
• Daily Clarion

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Items:

• electronic garbage disposal field
• time machine
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Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Trapped in Tomorrow"

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