Strange Tales Vol 1 94

Strange Tales Vol 1 #94 Published March, 1962 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jack Kirby Dick Ayers "I Was a Decoy for Pildorr the Plunderer from Outer Space!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer John Duffy "Save Me from the Weed!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "He Came from Nowhere!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Joe Sinnott Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Ray Holloway "Help!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Previous Issue Next Issue Strange Tales #93 Strange Tales #95

Appearing in "I Was a Decoy for Pildorr the Plunderer from Outer Space!"

Featured Characters:

• John Brett

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Pildorr
• Pildorr's army of space raiders

Other Characters:

• 
  

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unnamed species of aliens

Locations:

• "A hundred years from now"
  • Solar System
    • Earth
      • Military Headquarters of the Earth's Defense Command
    • Mercury

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• Pildorr's Space Fortress
• Cobalt Bomb
  
  

Synopsis for "I Was a Decoy for Pildorr the Plunderer from Outer Space!"

100 years into the future, John Brett is told to fly "Earth's greatest treasure" past a horde of space pirates encroaching on the planet but Pildorr is monitoring the radio broadcasts and intercepts Brett. Pildorr makes Brett walk the plank where he will drift in orbit forever before opening the box which contains Earth's most powerful cobalt bomb rigged to detonate upon opening. They send up a ship to retrieve Brett from orbit, because although he has no spacesuit, he has suffered no ill effects as he is a robot.

Appearing in "Save Me from the Weed!"

Featured Characters:

• Lucius Farnsworth  (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• George

Antagonists:

• The Weed (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• 
  

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants^[2]

Locations:

• Earth
  • Nuclear Testing Center
  • Farnsworth Estate
• Moon

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Save Me from the Weed!"

A retired rich man criticizes his gardener as lacking ambition for not opening a landscaping business with his backing. A nearby atomic accident sends radioactive particles into the garden and gives a weed intelligence and the ability to control minds. It forces the wealthy man to sit in a chair and sleep while its powers grow to enslave all humanity. Suddenly the man wakes from his imposed slumber to find that the gardener has snipped up the weed. Sighing in relief, the man realizes that everyone has their place in the greater scheme of things because if the gardener had taken him up on his offer of running his own business instead of just being his gardener, the weed might have taken over the world.

Appearing in "He Came from Nowhere!"

Featured Characters:

• Joe Morgan

Antagonists:

• Groff

Other Characters:

• Prisoners in Uranus
  • Toss

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Uranians
• Unnamed alien species

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Unnamed city
• Earth-62321
  • Uranus

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "He Came from Nowhere!"

A convict named Joe Morgan escapes from prison and runs deep into the woods. He suddenly sees a brilliant flash of light, and from it, steps a well-dressed man. The man introduces himself as Groff, and says that he comes from the future. He owns a special ring, that he claims grants him the ability to travel through time. Morgan pulls a gun on Groff and forces him to surrender the ring to him. He then uses the ring to travel to Groff's native time period, satisfied that he has permanently escaped justice. When he arrives in the future, he discovers that Groff himself was a criminal from Uranus, who used the ring to escape justice by traveling backwards into the past. The Uranian authorities capture Morgan and, believing him to be Groff in disguise, send him to prison.

Appearing in "Help!"

Featured Characters:

• Unnamed human

Supporting Characters:

• Batty (Voice)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unnamed alien

Locations:

• Earth
  • Undisclosed location

Items:

• Phone (Destruction)

Vehicles:

• Alien minuscule ship
  
  

Synopsis for "Help!"

A tiny alien spaceship finds itself trapped in a telephone handset. When the phone goes off and is picked up, the alien pleads for help in escaping from the dark area. The listener thinks it's a prank call but goes along with it for awhile until he becomes annoyed with the caller and slams down the handset, cracking it open. The relieved spaceship flies away and the man thinks he's seen a large bug hop up out of his phone

Notes

• "Save Me from the Weed!" is reprinted in Monster Menace #2.
• In "He Came from Nowhere!" plot by Lee, script by Lieber.
• "Help!" is reprinted in Kull the Destroyer #15.

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