Strange Tales Vol 1 76

Strange Tales Vol 1 #76 Published August, 1960 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Dick Ayers Stan Goldberg Artie Simek Publisher Martin Goodman "I am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "Beware! The Ghosts Surround Me!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "The Dummy and Me" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Paul Reinman Inker Paul Reinman Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "I Found the Mad Universe!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Strange Tales #75 Strange Tales #77

Appearing in "I am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder!"

Featured Characters:

• Victor Cartwright

Antagonists:

• Dragoom (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Venus (Behind the scenes)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • California
    • Hollywood
• Mexico
• Vulcan (Dragoom's Homeworld)

Items:

• Vulcan Dummies
  
  

Synopsis for "I am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder!"

A Hollywood monster movie producer is witness to the arrival of Dragoom, a convict from the planet Vulcan, on Earth. He wishes to be ruler of Earth and surrounds the planet with a band of fire which he slowly constricts until the authorities give in to his demand. The producer gets him to flee by constructing dummies that appear to be police from his homeworld.

Appearing in "Beware! The Ghosts Surround Me!"

Featured Characters:

• Gustav (Only appearance)^[1] (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Hans (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Policemen (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Aliens from a Different Dimension (Only appearance)^[1] (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Franz (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed man (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Unnamed Alien Species (Only appearance)^[1] (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Europe (Main story and flashback)
    • Romania (Main story and flashback)
      • Transylvania (Main story and flashback)
• Alien's Different Dimension (Only appearance)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
  
  

Synopsis for "Beware! The Ghosts Surround Me!"

Two robbers flee a crime scene and head towards the woods. One falls, breaking his leg, and the other ruthlessly shoots him as his identity may be found out by the police. Stopping at an abandoned house, the man sees two ghosts, but finds out they are creatures from another dimension, who can't touch him. The man laughs at the situation, imagining other people who have run from the house, believing it to be haunted. The creatures say that perhaps it was wise for them to run, as the man discovers when the police come into the house and he realizes he is trapped eternally between the two dimensions.

Appearing in "The Dummy and Me"

Featured Characters:

• Hugo the Ventriloquist
• The Doll

Antagonists:

• The Mob

Locations:

• United States of America
  
  

Synopsis for "The Dummy and Me"

A ventriloquist and his dummy are chased by the mob who are trying to collect on Gambling debts. They eventually corner him in an alley way and presumably kill the ventriloquist before being arrested by the police. In the end it is revealed that the dummy itself is alive and the ventriloquist and the human is just a dummy.

Appearing in "I Found the Mad Universe!"

Featured Characters:

• Professor Dark

Supporting Characters:

• Milton

Locations:

• Earth

Items:

• Microscope
  
  

Synopsis for "I Found the Mad Universe!"

A scientist invents a microscope so powerful that it can observe details of even the tiniest atom. He observes creatures making war upon one another and becomes depressed with his invention. He smashes it, so that his people will not have the opportunity to learn ways of destroying themselves that they had not yet thought of. He names the world that he had been observing "Earth".

Notes

Publication Notes

• I am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder has been reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #11.
• Beware! The Ghosts Surround Me! has been reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces #1 and Vault of Evil #19.
• The Dummy and Me has been reprinted in Uncanny Tales Vol 2 #10.
• I Found the Mad Universe! has been reprinted in Uncanny Tales Vol 2 #11.

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