Strange Tales Vol 1 72

Strange Tales Vol 1 #72 Published December, 1959 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Christopher Rule Stan Goldberg "I Fought the Colossus!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "Weather Man" "I was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "I am the Abominable Snowman!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Paul Reinman Inker Paul Reinman Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "I saw the Elephants' Graveyard!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler John Forte Inker John Forte Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "I Entered the Doorway to Doom!" Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Strange Tales #71 Strange Tales #73

Appearing in "I Fought the Colossus!"

Featured Characters:

• Colossus, the Super Computer

Supporting Characters:

• Prof. Reynolds

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-60672
  
  

Synopsis for "I Fought the Colossus!"

In the year 2020 the computer that governs the world secretly builds a ten story robot underground and then sends it to the surface. The humans assume that the computer has betrayed them and desires conquest so they use a magnetic device to lure the robot to a sea cliff where it topples off and is destroyed. They confront the computer as to why it betrayed them and it denies doing so. It says that it is aware that many people distrust computers so it built its replacement in a human shape to reassure people. It is growing old and will soon become defective and had to make the robot so large that it could contain all the knowledge required to make capable decisions for governing Earth. "How could you believe that I betrayed you?, when betrayal requires emotion and I, I am...a mere machine."

Appearing in "Weather Man"

Synopsis for "Weather Man"

Appearing in "I was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!"

Featured Characters:

• Luther Storme

Supporting Characters:

• Jonah Morgan

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "I was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!"

A cruel sea captain greedily pursues the flying Dutchman. He catches the ship, but is trapped there as a ghost, replacing the former ghost, who now can go free.

Appearing in "I am the Abominable Snowman!"

Featured Characters:

• Charles Duntmore

Supporting Characters:

• Lucius Duntmore

Other Characters:

• Mr. Johnson
• Ben

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Himalayas

Items:

• Enchanted ruby
  
  

Synopsis for "I am the Abominable Snowman!"

A thief steals a ruby from a Himalayan retreat, but a curse on the stone makes him intensely cold and forces him to wear heavy furs that keep him from returning to civilization.

Appearing in "I saw the Elephants' Graveyard!"

Featured Characters:

• Dirk

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "I saw the Elephants' Graveyard!"

An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessable pit of quicksand.

Appearing in "I Entered the Doorway to Doom!"

• Appearances not yet listed
  
  

Synopsis for "I Entered the Doorway to Doom!"

A Russian returning to his farm after the war has found the soil to be no good and so he goes prospecting for gold in caves. He comes across invaders from dimension Z but they fear fire, so he holds them back with flames in order to finish constructing a door that will lock them deeper in the cavern while he finishes mining. The soviet authorities seize his gold and demand that he lead them to the source. When they are before the door, they demand it be opened over his protests, and rough him up to seize the key. Outside the cave, he hears their shouts and knows that two evil forces have encountered each other. He muses that he will demand freedom from the premier, and if refused, will open the door a final time to ensure that tyranny perishes from his homeland.

Notes

• "I Fought the Colossus!" reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #19 & Monster Menace #2
• "I was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!" reprinted in Chamber of Chills #25
• "I saw the Elephants' Graveyard!" reprinted in Uncanny Tales #11
• "I Entered the Doorway to Doom!" reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing #4

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