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| Image = Strange Tales Vol 1 95.jpg
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| Image1 = Strange Tales Vol 1 95.jpg
 
| Month = April
  
| Month = April
 
| Year = 1962
  
| Year = 1962
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| ReleaseDate = January 9, 1962
   
 
| Editor-in-Chief = Stan Lee
  
| Editor-in-Chief = Stan Lee
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| CoverArtist1 = Jack Kirby
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| Image1_Artist1 = Jack Kirby
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| Image1_Artist2 = Dick Ayers
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| Image1_Artist3 = Stan Goldberg
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| Image1_Artist4 = Artie Simek
   
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| Quotation = Well, I'm not going to act hastily now! First I'll look around! Make sure Shaggdorr is nowhere in sight!
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| Speaker = [[Bruno Krugg (Earth-Unknown)|Bruno Krugg]]
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| StoryTitle1 = With My Own Eyes, I Saw... The Two-Headed Thing!!
 
| Writer1_1 = Stan Lee
  
| Writer1_1 = Stan Lee
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| Writer1_2 = Larry Lieber
 
| Penciler1_1 = Jack Kirby
  
| Penciler1_1 = Jack Kirby
 
| Inker1_1 = Dick Ayers
  
| Inker1_1 = Dick Ayers
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| Colourist1_1 =
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| Colorist1_1 = Stan Goldberg
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| Letterer1_1 =
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| Letterer1_1 = Ray Holloway
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| Editor1_1 =
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| Editor1_1 = Stan Lee
   
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| Quotation =
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| Appearing1 =
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'''Featured Characters:'''
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| Speaker =
 
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* {{Flashback|[[Eddie Kane (Earth-616)|Eddie Kane]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* Warden
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'''Antagonists:'''
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* {{Flashback|[[Two-Headed Thing (Earth-616)|Two-Headed Thing]]}} {{ApDeath}} {{1st}}
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'''Other Characters:'''
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* Corrections Officers
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'''Races and Species:'''
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* {{Flashback|[[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Humans]]}}
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* {{FlashOnly|[[Crocodiles|Alligators]]}}
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'''Locations:'''
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* {{Flashback|[[Earth]]}}
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** Unnamed Maximum Security Prison
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* <br/>
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'''Vehicles:'''
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* <br/> -->
   
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| Synopsis1 = A warden looks out the window at the thunderstorm worried that a prisoner will escape if the power goes out. That is indeed what happens, but the guards are able to locate the prisoner outside. He tells them a fantastic tale about a two-headed creature with the power of shape-shifting that has burrowed up from the core of the Earth. The guards don't believe the story, but the prisoner morphs into the two-headed thing and attacks. The guard's bullets are useless against its thick hide but a lightning strike is drawn to the large creature and kills it.
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| StoryTitle1 = With My Own Eyes, I saw the Two-Headed Thing!
  
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[[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 001.jpg|thumb|none]]
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| Writer2_1 =
 
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| Penciler2_1 = Jack Kirby
  
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| Inker2_1 = Dick Ayers
  
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| Writer3_1 =
 
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| Penciler3_1 = Don Heck
  
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| Inker3_1 =
 
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| Writer4_1 =
 
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| Penciler4_1 = Steve Ditko
  
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| Inker4_1 = Steve Ditko
  
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| Synopsis1 = [[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 001.jpg|thumb|left]] A warden looks out the window at the thunderstorm worried that a prisoner will escape if the power goes out. That is indeed what happens, but the guards are able to locate the prisoner outside. He tells them a fantastic tale about a two-headed creature with the power of shape-shifting that has burrowed up from the core of the Earth. The guards don't believe the story, but the prisoner morphs into the two-headed thing and attacks. The guard's bullets are useless against its thick hide but a lightning strike is drawn to the large creature and kills it.
  
   
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| StoryTitle2 = What Will Happen to Mankind if the Monster Escapes?
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| ReprintOf2 = Strange Tales Vol 1 48
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| ReprintOfStory2 = 5
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| Synopsis2 = [[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 008.jpg|thumb]] An alien scout finishes his recommendation that Earth be invaded, but his ship develops trouble and he must crash land. A newspaper informs him about rockets and so he sets out to modify one to take him back to his home planet and give his report. The one he sneaks into has no controls and is airtight and he finds himself locked in. The creature needs to breathe and so expires as he has made the mistake of picking a time capsule to be lowered into the ground in place of a rocket ship.
  
   
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| StoryTitle3 = The Cave of Shaggdorr!
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| StoryTitle3 = What Will Happen to Mankind If... The Monster Escapes!
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| Synopsis3 =
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| Writer3_1 = Stan Lee
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| Writer3_2 = Larry Lieber
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| Penciler3_1 = Jack Kirby
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| Inker3_1 = Dick Ayers
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| Colorist3_1 = Stan Goldberg
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| Letterer3_1 = Ray Holloway
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| Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
   
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| StoryTitle4 = Do Not Panic!
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| Appearing3 =
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| Synopsis4 = [[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 020.jpg|thumb]] Ditko draws this story so that none of the people's faces are shown as the narrator relates the events. An alien craft is depicted over the city and descends. The radio warns people not to panic. A creature walks out of the ship, claims to be peaceful, and people assume it looks monstrous but others correctly realize that its merely wearing a spacesuit. The being removes its headgear and in the last panel it is revealed to be the first human on Mars surrounded by relieved Martians.
 
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| Appearing4 =
 
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Monster That Escaped (Earth-616)|Monster That Escaped]]}} {{ApDeath}} {{1st}}
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* <br/>
  
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Martians (Race)|A race of human-like Martians]]}}
  
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'''Other Characters:'''
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* <br/> -->
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'''Races and Species:'''
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* Unidentified [[Glossary:Alien|alien]] species
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* {{a|[[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Humans]]}}
 
'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Earth]]}}
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* Mars
  
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** {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
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* Time Capsule
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'''Vehicles:'''
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* Alien Spaceship
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| Synopsis3 = An alien scout finishes his recommendation that Earth be invaded, but his ship develops trouble and he must crash land. A newspaper informs him about rockets and so he sets out to modify one to take him back to his home planet and give his report. The one he sneaks into has no controls and is airtight and he finds himself locked in. The creature needs to breathe and so expires as he has made the mistake of picking a time capsule to be lowered into the ground in place of a rocket ship.
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[[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 008.jpg|thumb|none]]
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| StoryTitle4 = The Cave of Shaggdorr!
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| Writer4_1 = Stan Lee
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| Writer4_2 = Larry Lieber
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| Penciler4_1 = Don Heck
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| Inker4_1 = Don Heck
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| Colorist4_1 = Stan Goldberg
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| Letterer4_1 = Artie Simek
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| Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
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| Appearing4 =
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'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Bruno Krugg (Earth-Unknown)|Bruno Krugg]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* Teacher {{Unnamed}}
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'''Antagonists:'''
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* {{a|[[Shaggdorr (Earth-Unknown)|Shaggdorr]]}}
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'''Other Characters:'''
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* Space Patrol
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'''Races and Species:'''
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* {{a|[[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Humans]]}}
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* Unidentified [[Glossary:Alien|alien]] species
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'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Earth-Unknown]]}}
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** {{a|[[Milky Way]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Sol]]}}
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**** {{a|[[Earth]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Ursa Centaurius]]}}
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* <br/>
  
* <br/>
 
'''Vehicles:'''
  
'''Vehicles:'''
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* "Alien" spacecraft
  
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| Synopsis4 = A criminal escapes and goes to Ursa Centaurius to steal the treasure of Shaggdorr. When he finds the gem he learns that Shaggdorr is much bigger than he anticipated and that the cave he was entering is actually the creature itself.
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| StoryTitle5 = Do Not Panic!
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| Writer5_1 = Stan Lee
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| Penciler5_1 = Steve Ditko
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| Inker5_1 = Steve Ditko
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| Colorist5_1 = Stan Goldberg
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| Letterer5_1 = Artie Simek
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| Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
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| Appearing5 =
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'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Martians (Race)|Martians]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* Astronaut {{Unnamed}}
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* <br/>
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'''Other Characters:'''
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* <br/> -->
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'''Races and Species:'''
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* {{a|[[Martians (Race)|Martians]]}}
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* {{a|[[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Humans]]}}
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'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Mars (Planet)|Mars]]}}
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<!-- '''Items:'''
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* <br/> -->
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'''Vehicles:'''
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* "Alien" Spacecraft
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| Synopsis5 = Ditko draws this story so that none of the people's faces are shown as the narrator relates the events. An alien craft is depicted over the city and descends. The radio warns people not to panic. A creature walks out of the ship, claims to be peaceful, and people assume it looks monstrous but others correctly realize that its merely wearing a spacesuit. The being removes its headgear and in the last panel it is revealed to be the first human on Mars surrounded by relieved Martians.
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[[File:Strange Tales Vol 1 95 020.jpg|thumb|none]]
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| Solicit =
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| Notes = * "With My Own Eyes, I Saw... The Two-Headed Thing!!" is reprinted in {{cl|Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 26}}.
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* "What Will Happen to Mankind If... The Monster Escapes!" is reprinted in {{cl|Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 24}}.
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* "The Cave of Shaggdorr!" is reprinted in {{cl|Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 15}}.
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* "Do Not Panic!" is reprinted in {{cl|Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 26}} & {{cl|Curse of the Weird Vol 1 1}}.
   
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| Notes =
 
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* "With My Own Eyes, I saw the Two-Headed Thing!" reprinted in [[Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 26|Monsters on the Prowl #26]]
  
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* "What Will Happen to Mankind if the Monster Escapes?" reprinted in [[Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 24|Where Monsters Dwell #24]]
  
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* "The Cave of Shaggdorr!" reprinted in [[Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 15|Weird Wonder Tales #15]]
 
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* "Do Not Panic!" reprinted in [[Curse of the Weird Vol 1 1|Curse of the Weird #1]] & [[Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 26|Monsters on the Prowl #26]]
  
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =

Latest revision as of 15:46, 1 April 2024

Quote1 Well, I'm not going to act hastily now! First I'll look around! Make sure Shaggdorr is nowhere in sight! Quote2
—Bruno Krugg

Appearing in "With My Own Eyes, I Saw... The Two-Headed Thing!!"

Featured Characters:

  • Eddie Kane (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Warden

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Corrections Officers

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Earth (Main story and flashback)
    • Unnamed Maximum Security Prison

Synopsis for "With My Own Eyes, I Saw... The Two-Headed Thing!!"

A warden looks out the window at the thunderstorm worried that a prisoner will escape if the power goes out. That is indeed what happens, but the guards are able to locate the prisoner outside. He tells them a fantastic tale about a two-headed creature with the power of shape-shifting that has burrowed up from the core of the Earth. The guards don't believe the story, but the prisoner morphs into the two-headed thing and attacks. The guard's bullets are useless against its thick hide but a lightning strike is drawn to the large creature and kills it.

Strange Tales Vol 1 95 001

Appearing in "Muscle Man"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Strange Tales #48

Featured Characters:

  • Jimmy Binn

Supporting Characters:

  • Tooloo

Antagonists:

  • Muscle Men

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "Muscle Man"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Strange Tales #48
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "What Will Happen to Mankind If... The Monster Escapes!"

Featured Characters:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Time Capsule

Vehicles:

  • Alien Spaceship

Synopsis for "What Will Happen to Mankind If... The Monster Escapes!"

An alien scout finishes his recommendation that Earth be invaded, but his ship develops trouble and he must crash land. A newspaper informs him about rockets and so he sets out to modify one to take him back to his home planet and give his report. The one he sneaks into has no controls and is airtight and he finds himself locked in. The creature needs to breathe and so expires as he has made the mistake of picking a time capsule to be lowered into the ground in place of a rocket ship.

Strange Tales Vol 1 95 008

Appearing in "The Cave of Shaggdorr!"

Featured Characters:

  • Bruno Krugg

Supporting Characters:

  • Teacher (Unnamed)

Antagonists:

  • Shaggdorr

Other Characters:

  • Space Patrol

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Cave of Shaggdorr!"

A criminal escapes and goes to Ursa Centaurius to steal the treasure of Shaggdorr. When he finds the gem he learns that Shaggdorr is much bigger than he anticipated and that the cave he was entering is actually the creature itself.

Appearing in "Do Not Panic!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Astronaut (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • "Alien" Spacecraft

Synopsis for "Do Not Panic!"

Ditko draws this story so that none of the people's faces are shown as the narrator relates the events. An alien craft is depicted over the city and descends. The radio warns people not to panic. A creature walks out of the ship, claims to be peaceful, and people assume it looks monstrous but others correctly realize that its merely wearing a spacesuit. The being removes its headgear and in the last panel it is revealed to be the first human on Mars surrounded by relieved Martians.

Strange Tales Vol 1 95 020

Notes

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